Saturday, March 14, 2015

Being there


Watching the budding photographers find their way through the viewfinder is a pleasurable experience. I know they are looking for colour and spectacle. They can find it without the camera, but the camera can guide them. At least it gets them out there. I watch with interest at their reactions. It becomes all too much for them. They are failing.
"Put your camera down and just look." I call. They do. Its as though they might have missed it.

WHat now?

At some time in our present, each of us will stand on the brink of the future and wonder: “What now?” It’s not surprising we cannot answer...