Translation of the caption: front of the card that Sarah gave me :)Even when we don;t pay attention, the most beautiful images either come from long planning or long love. By that, I mean that we, photographers, are always making decisions of what to photograph, where to spend the time to photograph and what is worth taking the picture. By creating an image of a subject we love, we automatically become better photographers, when compared to the task of photographing something we don't care about or are not really interested about.
Landscape photographers research sunrise and sunset times. Then, they plan a specific time of the year to visit the place. Not once, or twice, but many times. Whatever it takes to create the image they have in mind. Yes, They come back again, again and again, until one day they capture the right angle, the right light, the perfect composition, just as in their mind.
Macro photographers pick up a theme and create an environment of light in such a way to get us to see what even the naked eye can't see. With their cameras, a tripod and the right light, in studio or outdoors, they perfect the details, explore many angles of their "mini" subject and share a work that few people would have the patience.
Wedding photographers don't work with the luxury of "time", but rather need to work under pressure of the one chance to do it right. The bride will only walk the aisle once. And there will be only one first kiss once they are married.
The photographer needs to anticipate what is going to happen and find the most effective way to connect with the bride, the groom, and the guests. When that happens, the images and the story of the wedding can be told.
Portrait photographers work with families and children who not always "follow" direction.
They capture a special moment in those families. the have a time frame to get their clients to relax, be themselves and interact with one another and be able to capture their personalities.
With technical skills - but above all people skills - they need to make those images meaningful and eternal.
Sports photographers barely have a game time to capture all the action and get them to the newspapers and magazines on time for Internet or next day's news.
All these photographers have different subjects and specific goals based on the needs of their market or wishes of their souls. However, they all have something on common: it's all a work of heart.
That's it, the big secret, I believe: the best images always come from the heart.
It could have taken 1/250 of a second to see and capture that loving look, and 1/1000 to get the football player scoring touchdown, or 1/60 of a second to get the groom looking at his wife for the first time as "his" wife for now and ever. Eventually, we all capture what we care about and love the most.
So in this assignment, I propose you share LOVE. Do something from your heart. Put your heart into it. Deeply. Tell me a story, in one or more images. Show me what you love to take pictures of or show LOVE itself (or convey LOVE somehow).
Isn't about love that life is all about??? I'd say YES!
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