Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog

There is a method to my photography, and it’s not a good one. It goes something like this:

I wander around, with my camera. I see things. If I think they might make a good picture, I take a picture. Only once — for Shoot London — have I created a planned, composed, modeled shot of any kind. And then I wonder how nice photos (like the one below) happen to other photographers:

(There would be a picture here, but it is quite clearly the photographers intent that bloggers not use her photos, so click the link instead. It goes to the photo on Flickr. Once you have viewed the photo, continue to read the remainder of the article. Thank you.)

Seriously — will I ever be able to take a photo like that? What’s her secret?

But she tells me what it is, if not in so many words: i collected [the rocks] in midwinter from around this lake, took them home, painted them blue, waited til summer,(june 2008) and then brought them back to the lake around 2:45 in the morning, and artfully aranged them and myself (and i had to make 12 attempts to get a pose i was happy with, hobbling on numb feet over the rocky bottom to re-set the timer each time) to create this photo

Ideas. Followed by plans. Followed by effort. Add talent.

OK. Maybe I need to put in some effort and planning, as a starting point. Looks like hobbies are hard work, after all.

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