Re: Nathan's PAW 6: Driving to work
- From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@xxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:25:34 -0800
Harrison McClary said:
Subject: Re: Nathan's PAW 6: Driving to work
What you have done here is one thing that is very hard for many people
to do. To find that unusual beauty in the world where they live and
work....these scenes you see everyday. Instead of becoming jaded to
them you have kept your eyes open, seen the beauty and captured it.<<<
Hi Harrison,
This is so true and we hear the same old cop out excuse all the time.
"there's nothing here it's the same old thing!" It's absolutely a great big
pile of DUNG!
Nathan on the other hand has a wonderful pair of "Seeing eyes and life
outlook" on the world around him, therefore he see's beauty where others
can't see their feet! Let alone the beauty of a frosty morning as Nathan has
shown in his frosty morning photographs.
In reality many people start out with a negative attitude toward their
surroundings and stop looking, therefore they might as well stay home and
play with their computer. Then we hear the wet nurse line of " Now if I were
in Fiji could I take great pictures!" Like I said above... " a big pile of
dung! Because if you can't find and shoot solid photographs in your own back
yard, your pictures in far off lands wont look much better!"
I do a monthly critique and assignment for the local camera club.
Last month I assigned them to show everyone the beauty of where they
lived, worked or somewhere here in the Nashville area they frequent.<<<<,
And I bet they all got up at their same old time, never on Sunday or
Saturday, they didn't do anything in the rain, snow? ;-) good, bad or ugly
weather of any kind. Then as you say >>>> I got only one entry that was what
I call a real attempt....<<<<<<<<
Unfortunately that's life for many and I will add pro's as well, simply
because "there's nothing in this town because they have blinders on from the
moment they wake-up!"
However! Get up before the sun, get out and walk around your neighbourhood
as the sun comes up and those who have any kind of sight at all will find
beauty because ...... they are looking at their world with new eyes at a
different time of the day!
Walk in the same old path day after day at the same time with open eyes and
it becomes boring. Walk in the same path..... just once at dawn........ and
you find beauty! Try it if you don't believe me, as I've been there and done
it more times than I can count! Damn and it's such a simple thing to do.
ted
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