What are you going to do? I’m not sure why, but folks seem surprised when they cross my path somewhere in the wilds of North America, and that I can be out looking with no more intention then to just be out looking. Here’s a perfect example. It was a bald sky day – I’ve lamented about how I think they suck more than once on the blog. The majority of the time, they just don’t lend any drama to our landscapes.<\/p>\n
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How do I know this image sucks (besides the final visual)? It required more than two minutes in the digital darkroom to get this far, that’s a really bad sign. There was no drama to the light or the scene and none could be created in post, it’s just a “here’s a lighthouse” photograph which in my book is a loser.<\/p>\n
But my intent for the day was not to make some great image. Sharon & I went to Pemaquid Point Lighthouse yesterday in the rain, a completely opposite lighting situation from today. I have seen a couple of cool images of this lighthouse shot right after a snow storm. I really like them so I did a 360 around the lighthouse and its cliffs looking at the light, thinking through where it would be at sunrise and sunset and the pattern that would be created. I took a number of set shots so if I came back again in the right light then I’m all ready to go. I was simply playing tourist and came away with that kind of photo and that’s just fine.<\/p>\n
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And When The Light Sucks, or I’m Playing Tourist…<\/a><\/blockquote>