SIMPLE SUNSET

Sometimes we try too hard to make an image.  Get the tripod. Get the correct lens. Get the ND filter. Get the cable release.  Get into the perfect position.  Lock it all down and make it happen.  Then what do we do? We wait, wait, and wait.  But does all that effort pay off.  Sometimes it does.  However, sometimes it doesn’t.  Then as your slowly making your way back to the car you wished that you had spent more time enjoying the moment rather than fussing with your gear.

I went through this a few weeks ago.  I had gone to my local park to capture some amazing sunset images.  I worked my butt off trying to make something awesome happen.  At the end of the shoot I really had nothing.  I exhausted all of this effort toward making a great image and spent no time enjoying the show.

Then as I was moping back to the car I saw the above scene.  I grabbed my camera and made a couple quick clicks.  That’s it!  No tripod, filter, cable release, etc…  Sometimes we work too hard to make something happen.  Sometimes images can be simple.

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