4/14/2023 0 Comments Moments photography![]() I bet I could go dozens and dozens of times to that exact same tree and never gotten this amazingly captured image. Not to mention the moment the beautiful dimpled snow did not have ash & trash all over it. How often does that happen? And the moment the mist exactly blotted out the horizon. In this tree portrait, I see a moment when the snow perfectly plastered itself against the tree trunk with just the edges showing. There were few brilliant responses that really widened my perspective on the whole subject. Love this picture but does it have a decisive moment? Granted they are two very different photographers, but somehow I feel there should be a common thread between the two and what makes them both brilliant photographers? I can’t unify these two views.ĭo Michael Kenna’s tree photographs also have their own moments that I’m just not seeing? What am I missing (if anything)?Īttached example of Michael Kenna image that I am talking about. My question is this - do all great photographs have moments? For example, when I look at Elliot Erwitt’s work, I feel that moment is everything but then I look at Michael Kenna’s work (especially his Japanese tree photos), I feel every moment is the moment. I’ve been thinking more and more about the ‘decisive moment’ or simply, just ‘moments’ in photography. Here’s the question I posted to the group, verbatim. Recently, I started a discussion in the group that perhaps led to a deeper understanding of Moments in photography. The membership is available to those who enrol in one of David DuChemin’s MentorClass or his workshops. Yet.) group on Facebook for discussing photographs and seeking critique of your work from others who wish to do the same. It’s a closed (but we don’t have a secret handshake. I am a member of The Vision-Driven photography group on Facebook.
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