Today's photographer is my good friend, Gary Simmons. I first met Gary three years ago at our local photo club... that quiet guy in the corner that always presented great images and had a stream of photos on Flickr... after a few times out shooting with him I got to know him and realised the wealth of knowledge he offers.
Now Gary is teaching photography for the Photographer's Lounge be coming with me to Tanzania this April for my workshop to Tanzania... a trip that he will no doubt be producing more images that will continue to impress people...
Take it away Gary...
Whenever I talk with people about photography, I always stress that photographers should be ‘making’ photos. Great photos don’t just happen, so you need to use your brain. Picking the right time of day, right light, weather, lens, composition, editing... all these elements and more are available to us to ‘make’ a photo its very best.
But... Sometimes you can throw all that out the window.
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Blinded by the Light - A photo by Gary Simmons
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This is my favourite winter photo in my portfolio, and swings far closer to ‘taken’ than ‘made’. I was out on a day trip with my kids to try dog sledding. My new Canon 60D was around my neck just to shoot photos of my kids having fun, and get some practice with the new camera. Walking back across the field, this shot just jumped out at me. Right there, right now, just lift the camera to my eye and shoot. I couldn’t wait to get home, run it through Lightroom and show it to everyone.
Sometimes you will spend days/weeks working on capturing the perfect shot... and sometimes not. So keep your camera with you all the time if you don’t want to miss the easy ones!
Gary Simmons
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