oofoto Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 How many of you will envisage a photograph in your mind when you see something the first time and then make a note of this to later go back and get the shot you envisaged when the right elements are in place? Or to put it another way, do you see potential of a shot in a certain location and then think of what would make the shot and then revisit the place to nail the 'decisive moment'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Well yes, those of us who do outdoor photography keep a mental or written list of good locations and try to revisit at the right time of day or season of the year to make the image that we will have previsualized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_laban Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 <a href="http://www.keithlaban.co.uk">Keith Laban Photography</a><p>I'm constantly doing this. I will often visit the exact same location many times over a period of years until I achieve the result that matches my vision. Whether this is a healthy practice or not is open to debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_nelson___atlanta__ga Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 I also do this. Many times the purchase of new equiptment or even a rental will spur the desire to visit the same location(s) again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kahn Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Most of the time, I have the mindset, "It's shot, so it's done", and I don't go back. My theory is that I can do the shot differently, but not necessarily better. But there is one place, a waterfall, that I have gone back to and will again because, so far, the image that I KNOW is there has eluded me and it has become a challenge.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_gage Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 I guess I kinda do this. Usually I see the best shots when I don't have a camera with me. But to tell you the truth I think that's why my mind thinks they're the best shots. I'll come back the next day at the same time with the same conditions but this time with a camera. For 24 hours my brain has been envisioning just how pretty the scene was and just how I was going to capture it. Once I get there with the camera my usual thought is, "why the hell did I want to take a picture of this?" Kind of how you always want what you can't have. When you don't have a camera to capture something your mind is free to make it appear however you want; and mine usually lies. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_seward Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Definitely. When I'm using a view camera, if I'm not sure about the shot it doesn't seem worth setting the camera up-- I'll come back later, or I might shoot some digital shots, see what I like, and come back with the view camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen hazelton Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 I think your question boils down to "how much time do you spend trying to get a perfect shot?" I've read of lots of shooters that do this (always the really good ones at that), but I seldom do- just due to lack of time to do all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LenMarriott Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Paul, I have recently revisited a location, a bridge over the Elora gorge, (see several in my Elora-Fergus folder) and have this scene envisaged with a fresh snowfall in place. Stay tuned! Nice portfolio by the way. Will have to find time to comment on them later. Best, LM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diy photography Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Yes in agreement with others I often will revisit a spot in order to get the perfect shot. With wildlife especially birds I sometimes work to get a certain type of shot. It once took me three weeks to get a Stellars Blue Jay shot with the type of lighting and bakground I wanted. God bless Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimg Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 execution is key, but a well executed image with out vision is not much of an image.<br><br> Images I'm most proud of are those where I had a clear vision of what I wanted to capture, planned to execute the shot and executed as planned. Completing this cycle is very difficult and seldom appreciated.<br><br> An example of images that fall into this category for me:<br> <a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/3610756">Eyeris</a> <br> <a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/2867328">Celestial Wind</a> <br><br> In my opinion images that result from chance or serendipity are great, but having the forethought, skill and good fortune to get an image you envisioned is all the more special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_waller Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 I spent three and a half years trying to take the definitive photograph of an ash tree. This involved a two mile walk every time carrying tripod, camera, film and light-meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 This is a site I have been returning to for years through the four seasons....For about 100 years it had the longest railway trestle in Canada, now gone. <a href="http://wjgibson.ca/images/hog.jpg">Hogg Bay taken in fall with a Leica IIIf, 5cm Elmar f3.5 lens on Fuji NPH film</a> <p> Back in 2002 while taking some photos at this place, a small incident occurred with my eyeglasses and Murphy's Law <a href="http://www.bluetyger.ca/issue13/hiriskphotography.htm">High Risk Photography, well, sort of...</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeman458 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 I carry a note pad with me to note time and place so I can revisit the scene. The longest that I've returned to an area to get a shot was about two and a half months but I return to areas on a regular basis to "mine" images from a particularly photographic area cause of the changes that time brings on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phyrpowr Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Definitely. I don't get too serious about it (or much of anything for that matter, probably why I never got rich or thin) but a good looking spot, I'll check it out in different seasons, at different times Sometimes thers's not a lot there, but sometimes it's magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
root Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Sometimes I scout a location and make note of what kind of lighting I'll want when I return. Having said that, I'm constantly reminded of how often I got some shots that I liked, but planned to come back later for another session, only to find that the subject had changed. The best example is my shot of a red door (singles folder) which was painted light brown a few weeks later. . . . or the piano in a ditch by the side of the road which was there for a second session (but the light was lousy and there was too much rust) and had vanished completely when I showed up a third time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byronlawrence Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 YES. I have many places in my mind that I want to wait till the 'right' time go photography. I realize however many times that if you are in the right place at the right time you will get those really nice shots and not have to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 As a hiker of many years I tend to repeat my favorite hikes and have wondered I have recaptured the same scenes over and over. Some day I will have to go over my collection and see how often I have been drawn to the same shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grain Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 ...I thought that's what everybody did? That's how careful work is done, isn't it? If we settle for what's there right then then it's more apt to be no more interesting than any 'snapshot'. Spending a week or so around the area to enable yourself to go back again and again is best. Or just things you see every day. My green waterfall was shot dozens of times before the one I have posted was made.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Ansel Adams' books are full of nice, but mundane, images of Yosemite Valley taken over several years from the Tunnel or Overlook View. And ONE image of CLEARING WINTER STORM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 mundane, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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