Sometimes you get the shot right away, and sometimes it takes some careful study and observation. I remember walking around #Havasu Falls trying to find the best way to capture it for a while. I already had some good shots, but I was looking for THE shot. I finally found this small elevated hill way in the back of the canyon that allowed me to get the shot here, which is definitely one of my favorites from my time down in the canyon. Sometimes people say that to me that I should put down the camera and actually enjoy the place. "How can I be experiencing and enjoying the place with that thing in front of my eye?", they wonder. But little do they know that I see, experience, and enjoy much better with my camera. When my camera is with me, I take the time to carefully study the subject from every angle, to try to find the most beautiful, true way of portraying it. I might see less number of scenes over the course of a trip, but believe me when I say that every scene I have photographed I've seen in an incredible detail (which is the way I prefer to travel: much deeper). I once heard a photo editor at National Geographic explain this kind of dissection of a scene as "Dancing around a teacup". I've always liked, and appreciated, that analogy. Editors always ask you to submit all of your images from an assignment because they want to see how you "see"...where you started with the scene and how you dissected it down to the perfect shot. Of course, the more experienced you are the less "dancing" you need to do. I've heard some editors talk about the old time photogs at Nat Geo and how they'll only turn in 2 or 3 images of the shot and how everyone of them would be a keeper. That's pretty hard to imagine for little ole me, and I certainly strive to have my eye so in tune that I can go to the perfect place and wait for the perfect moment to get the perfect shot in one or two takes. For now, I still have to do quite a lot of dancing. Photo by @magnumji

natgeotravelさん(@natgeotravel)が投稿した動画 - 2015/02/12 22:47:44