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Bored this evening, I found myself looking through some of my older photos, and it really got to me.
Every photo tells a story, and I thank that is a huge part of this hobby. Some people do this as a collection of sorts, to have regs, or types, or airlines. But I enjoy the fact that I can come back to a photo and remember everything from that exact moment. Who I was with. What the weather was, the smell of JetA, what I saw, the sights, the sounds. They come back. You see these photos from weeks, months, and soon for me it will be years...back, and you start to remember little things.
Like how me and my friend Eric waited hours for this China Eastern A340, sitting in his car 500ft from the spotting place atop a dirt mound...and the airplane returned early and surprised us! We ended up running our asses off as it landed, and snapped our photos completely out of breath...and I was hoping for the sun to come out, but it didnt.
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Or this one, it was around -7 celsius out, and there were almost no airplanes to be seen while a magnificent winter sunset unfolded behind me. Then finally this came out, and the light was just right. I remember having messed up a beautifull head-on shot of it as it turned onto the runway because of my inexperience with the camera. It was so cold, but when I got home I was so happy I went...
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Sometimes I wish I had a 10D...or a D60...or even a D30....but then when I see all that I've done with my little shit camera...and what I've been able to make it do with practice and some more practice, I wonder if its not this very camera that helps me go the extra mile, that pushes me even harder to strive for better shots, for perfection. I've heard a good photographer always wants a better shot, and I think thats very true. If everytime you go out there you don't try and do better than the last time, the value of your work will decrease. The more you try something new, or different, and are determined, the better you become.
When I bought this camera in December, all I wanted was something to get semi-decent shots on the internet. I guess my goals have changed slightly...
I really appreciate and cherish all the support and advice various people have given me since day one. I think if it wasnt for some of you guys I would have already quit. But I'll never do that now, because this is something I love. Airplanes are beautiful things to watch, and if by taking a photo I can make them even more beautiful, I will do the best I can to acheive that.
-Clovis
Every photo tells a story, and I thank that is a huge part of this hobby. Some people do this as a collection of sorts, to have regs, or types, or airlines. But I enjoy the fact that I can come back to a photo and remember everything from that exact moment. Who I was with. What the weather was, the smell of JetA, what I saw, the sights, the sounds. They come back. You see these photos from weeks, months, and soon for me it will be years...back, and you start to remember little things.
Like how me and my friend Eric waited hours for this China Eastern A340, sitting in his car 500ft from the spotting place atop a dirt mound...and the airplane returned early and surprised us! We ended up running our asses off as it landed, and snapped our photos completely out of breath...and I was hoping for the sun to come out, but it didnt.
[photoid=86464]
Or this one, it was around -7 celsius out, and there were almost no airplanes to be seen while a magnificent winter sunset unfolded behind me. Then finally this came out, and the light was just right. I remember having messed up a beautifull head-on shot of it as it turned onto the runway because of my inexperience with the camera. It was so cold, but when I got home I was so happy I went...
[photoid=16493]
Sometimes I wish I had a 10D...or a D60...or even a D30....but then when I see all that I've done with my little shit camera...and what I've been able to make it do with practice and some more practice, I wonder if its not this very camera that helps me go the extra mile, that pushes me even harder to strive for better shots, for perfection. I've heard a good photographer always wants a better shot, and I think thats very true. If everytime you go out there you don't try and do better than the last time, the value of your work will decrease. The more you try something new, or different, and are determined, the better you become.
When I bought this camera in December, all I wanted was something to get semi-decent shots on the internet. I guess my goals have changed slightly...
I really appreciate and cherish all the support and advice various people have given me since day one. I think if it wasnt for some of you guys I would have already quit. But I'll never do that now, because this is something I love. Airplanes are beautiful things to watch, and if by taking a photo I can make them even more beautiful, I will do the best I can to acheive that.
-Clovis
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