Nature was, is and will always be what inspires my photography.
The beautiful landscapes of Oregon were the reason why I picked a camera up and started to take photos a few years ago. Over time, though, and as I looked for more ways to practice my photography every day, subjects other than nature started to sneak into my images.
For a long time, it was just experimentation and I didn’t love the results. But some of them shocked me, there was something there, even if I couldn’t put my finger on what that was.
It took me a while to figure it out, but I finally realized that my photography really thrived at the intersection of nature and the human world. Those places that still feel a little wild, but also hint the presence of humans. That adds a little bit of mystery, enough to make me want to explore it with my photography.
Images without humans, but with the feeling that they are, or they were, there.
Why I like that so much, I don’t know. And to be honest, I don’t care too much about the reason, if there’s any. I only know that it feels right, the images feel right too. They present themselves to me much more clearly in those places than they do in the remote wilderness or in cities. I just see better at the edge of both worlds.
But we can’t forget that photography is a reflection of ourselves. As we change and evolve, so will do our images. This is what I see today, what I will see tomorrow… who is to say.
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Ibon de Anayet is a beautiful lake in the Pyrenees Mountains, with the majestic Midi d’Ossau in the background. This was the reason I went on this trip, I wanted to see with my own eyes. And it didn’t disappoint.
Social media can be a very powerful tool for us photographers, but with great power comes great responsibility.
Another beautiful hike in the Pyrenees, this time from Ordesa National Park. A very challenging place for black and white photography, but still worth seeing.
where is photography headed?
As new cameras are announced, I can’t help but to feel like digital cameras have peaked, when it comes to photography at least. Most of the innovations of the last few years have been about video. We do get more megapixels and better AF with each iteration, but they are minor iterations.
That’s not bad, though. Today, pretty much any camera in the market is capable of producing amazing photographs. It’s a good time to be a photographer.
But I wonder, where is photography headed from here? Surely, computational photography will play a big role in the short-term. In my opinion, smartphones are not the future of photography, but they are hinting at where standalone, interchangeable lens cameras have to go in the next few years. I can’t wait to see what’s coming next.
After that? Who knows. And who cares, really. Instead of longing for a future better camera, let’s enjoy the features we do have today that we were longing for just a few years ago.
This is all for this week. I hope you all are having a great one, and hang in there, it’s already Thursday!
Thanks for being there, and talk to you in the next one.
Adrian