I started photographing rural Tennessee scenes in the Fall of 2012. Since that time I have created a huge online gallery of images. This consists mostly old barns, abandoned houses, cemeteries and rural landscapes.
In the beginning I would edit all my photos and typically create some monochrome images out of most of the images. I regret creating so many monochromes right after a photo outing because it was just to get the pictures done, upload them to the website with the hopes of a print sale, and then quickly move onto the next thing.
Many times I go back through those images and the monochrome edits are not what I would do today. It's a rushed version and mostly a monochrome edit copied and pasted from another scene in the set. It's as if I threw my work out to the world without much thought.
Yesterday I was going through a batch of photos from one particular location in Henning, TN. At the time I edited them I thought they were OK, but I wasn't in love with the captures. As I looked back on them yesterday I felt they were little treasures that had been overlooked. There was even one particular photo that was perfect for a conversion to add to my Blue Series Gallery.
What I have learned is to slow down and not be in such a hurry to edit and get finished with everything. It's best to leave things sit a while and come back.
I go where I'm led to go, down the road to discover a composition. My photography has no particular location. I just pick a day, get my coffee, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, other food items and get in the car and go.
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Thursday, January 16, 2014
What is it?
I found this piece of equipment near an old barn and abandoned house I was photographing. What is it? Looks like it could be something to hold milk.
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