f/8.0 and be there.
Every frame I make is a stale attempt at keeping my shutter finger from atrophying. Of all the genres of photography out there, I love each and every one, but the one that gives me the most pleasure is landscape above all else. My fascination with the hidden world revealed by macro photography is ever present. The challenge of capturing the human face and form is a technical adventure as much an art. The nuances of product and still life are certainly intriguing, but landscape remains king. Capturing the beauty of our precious planet remains the most fulfilling for me… emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. I’ve not made a landscape frame I was remotely happy with since long before Erin passed. Much of it has to do with disinterest in life and travel… things aren’t the same for me. I know half the shot is just being there… it always has been… yet I never go. I just look at archived crap and wish things were different.
Why do I bring this up, you ask? Because I don’t spend 200 days in the field a year creating what I love… because I don’t have a single Singh-Ray that I’ve been pining over for 4 years because I would just waste them in a bag on the floor of my studio… because I realized today, when I found Marc Adamus, that I have made zero progress at becoming a better photographer and am humbled by his work. IMHO, by comparison, I suck and I have no one to blame but myself.
Well, I certainly know how you feel, C. In a way… I am desperately unhappy with my work, but have no excuse whatsoever not to get better. I think I need a knock on the head or something.
But your work is always stunning. You have no reason to be anything but happy with it - progress or not. In my opinion.
By the way, I finally hung your print at the top of my stairs and it looks utterly gorgeous. I realised, however, that there was an extra print in the envelope, so must remember to send that back to you.
The Moon (Canal Park) is my favorite, by far. The colors are brilliant. (It reminds me of the children’s book, Goodnight Moon.)
sheesh, Clayton. I check out your work to light a fire under my own ass, so to speak. you are what I aspire to be as far as photography goes.
Ditto - if I could have just an ounce of your talent… I could at least think about giving my boss the heave-ho!
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