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Boring Gray Bridge
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It is strange where you can find your
photo-muse / inspiration /
call-it-what-you-will. Occasionally mine
is a boring, gray, concrete bridge about
five minutes walk from my office desk.
To call it a muse may be overstating the
fact; actually, it's more like a
photographic standby / sure thing.
Recently I've been trying to take
pictures every day. I'm subscribing to
the theory that photography, like any
other artistic endeavor, takes practice.
A good violinist practices every day
without fail. As a photographer I can
sometimes be lazy, not bothering to
shoot everyday because I don't think
there's anything worth shooting that
day. It is presumptuous of me to assume
that, if I don't practice every day,
I'll have my chops when I really need
them.
The boring, gray, concrete bridge close
to my office is my practice when I don't
have anything better to focus on. The
bridge is scales to be practiced to keep
me on my game. Taking a few minutes out
of the day with just my camera makes me
feel like I deserve the badge
"photographer". The resulting
images aren't master pieces by any
stretch of the imagination but creating
them helps me keep my eye in. If I can
construct a reasonable picture from a
boring, gray bridge even when I don't
want to I hope that I'll be prepared
when more interesting fare and real
inspiration presents itself.
127 photos, 1 video | 1,030 views
items are from between 02 Feb 2005 & 04 Apr 2007.