[Leica] Photography and work. IMAGINATION! :-)

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Sonny, Nathan, Graham and Ted,

Guys, thanks for the masterclass you are of course all absolutely right. 
English 
winters just get me down. But you are right, must pick up the Leica and use 
it; 
after all what is it for but available darkness :-)

Ted thanks for seminar., it's things like that that we all stick with the 
LUG for.

All the best,

will post SOMETHING soon,

Peter


Ted Grant wrote:

> Peter Dzwig wrote:
> 
>> Nathan,
>> > I know exactly how you feel. The sky here at 11 am is leaden grey with
>> not much sign of any change between now and when it gets dark here at 
>> 4 pm GMT (5 CET).
>> Somebody submitted a suggestion for PAMs rather than PAWs - at this 
>> time of year  that feels a lot more practical ;-)<<<<<<<
> 
> ===============
> 
>>>> Peter Dzwig wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Nathan,
>>>
>>> I know exactly how you feel. The sky here at 11 am is leaden grey 
>>> with not much sign of any change between now and when it gets dark 
>>> here at 4 pm GMT (5 CET).
>>>
>>> Somebody submitted a suggestion for PAMs rather than PAWs - at this 
>>> time of year  that feels a lot more practical ;-)<<,
> 
> ==================
> 
> Hi both to Peter and Nathan,
> First let me congratulate you lads and everyone else who work so hard at 
> submitting PAW pictures. Whether  you make it every week or once a month 
> or so, it's an admirable way to improve your photography as we've heard 
> a number of PAW people claim it has helped them.
> 
> Particularly those who are shooting in the hours left over or before 
> they do their regular chores in the work world. Or both of those times. 
> When I was first hooked by the substance abuse of "photography" my wife 
> said she'd heard of golf widows, but never a "photographer widow!" And 
> declared herself one from that day on. :-) As I too like most of you, 
> would shoot every morning I could, go to my job and as soon as the day 
> was over and every weekend it was,... "Bye dear, I'm going out taking 
> pictures." :-)
> 
> In the attached posts the obvious difficulties associated with the 
> darkening days of winter and shooting a weekly PAW becomes most 
> difficult. However, in reality what this change in the environment does 
> is, it forces you to work harder for those elusive pictures during these 
> times.
> 
> In other words to use your imagination, than frustration at the changing 
> climate becoming the governing factor of what you do. I know not an easy 
> thing to handle. But think positive and ask yourself... "What can and 
> how can I make use of these darkening features and exploit what is 
> happening?"
> 
> So generally what happens?
> 
> Street lights, store lights, traffic lights all begin to appear as the 
> day darkens. Therefore build your pictures around these elements and 
> other light elements rather than .... "it's getting darker and there's 
> nothing to shoot."  Sometimes it only takes a small suggestion like this 
> and a whole new horizon of pictures is opened to your imagination.
> 
> Don't despair, think positive and ask yourself, " What can I make out of 
> these elements?" Time exposures of traffic lights and if the streets are 
> damp shoot the beauty of the street along with the multitude of 
> reflections, Shop windows with shoppers silhouetted looking in or 
> passing by, umbrellas raised or not.
> 
> But it's the light under these conditions that becomes so obvious as the 
> day darkens, so make use of the most obvious elements of nature.
> 
> And if you've never made yourself work in this situation, then you may 
> find it as exciting as shooting at high noon in the middle of a tropical 
> island. ;-) It's the attitude of.. "I'm going to kick ass and show 
> people my imagination and ability to work under what's considered lousy 
> weather conditions."
> 
> Bottom line... use your visual imagination, create a challenge for 
> yourself and "JUST DO IT!"
> 
> Think positive. Ask yourself.. "what can I do to make magical pictures 
> within this lousy rotten environment!"
> 
> Now I know you'll skip right out the door and start blasting away. ;-) 
> Best of luck with it and the crew, all of us, wish you well and look 
> forward to what your imagination produces.
> 
> I knew you'd like the idea. ;-)  "JUST GO DO IT!" ;-)
> 
> ted
> 
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