Photography Fears

Lets Grab Some Sky!

It's no stretch to say I'm not fond of heights. But, for this assignment on tower builders for SMITHSONIAN Magazine years ago, I had to get up on these 1,000 footers to photograph the guys building them in rural Texas.

It's always amazes me how we can channel our fears to perform our jobs. Staying focused on the job temporarily shoves the fear aside.

Still, I don't like climbing ladders.
Go figure?

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Pre Visualize Your Photograph

Pre-visualization plays a big role in how photographers create some images. Experimenting with new techniques, a different lens, different paper, or better yet, subject matter out of your comfort zone, adds gold into that visual tool bag.

When I came across this old aircraft graveyard in Grey Bull, Wyoming, I knew I wanted to give some of the images a vintage look to facilitate how I felt about the scene.

It was an amazing location to photograph. Problem was, I saw vintage images, B/W images, and color images all in different areas. My brain felt like a ping-pong match afterwards departing exhausted, but satiated.

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