Today I experienced at times my favorite part of photography, the sunset rush. It can be as quiet as ever but the sun still makes it way down towards the horizon and you know the heat is on (and time is running out). You must chase to every spot you wish to photograph before it's too late, before the ideal light is gone (and the ideal light is usually only there for a very short time). But while in the process of this you often lose track of the time, new light seems to live beyond the estimated time of darkness and you lose the rush. You relax and in that relaxation you find your freedom. No one can stop the sun's everyday disappearance, but you can at least be grateful for how it reminds you how fast life can seem to run away from you and then also how forgiving life can be if you're lucky...
And in those moments you also realize that when you turn to examine one aspect of the environment around you you inevitably are missing infinite many more. For every place you focus you attention there are many more you are not. It is a tragic reality of life. And if you try to take too much gold out of the cave, you may wind up getting none, or worse, dying. Luckily I was able to take over 200 pictures today during this sunset rush.
2 comments:
Nice post, Ted. Wow... 200 pictures. thank goodness for digital technology. Maybe there are just some benefits to industry.
The kanji for photograph are 写真 which, if you break it down, means something like "make truth," right?
I think there is some interesting stuff to extrapolate from contemporary Japanese culture's relationship with photography (and the correspondingly amazing quality of Japanese photographic equipment). But to me it is certainly a benefit!
Post a Comment