Bonus Week–Two for the price of one.

Since the images in the selects for today fell into two very distinct areas I decide to do two posting for day 5.  But before I get to the images I want to share a story about how I got myself into a mental funk and how that affected my image making for the whole morning. 

The night before we decided that we would return to Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes for our morning shoot. I then concluded that we could sleep in a bit because the forecast was for clear skies so there would not be great color in the morning and the good light would be not be on the dunes until after the sun gets up over the mountains to the east. When we got up and out to the gas station for gas and coffee it was still dark but about 30 minute later than “normal”. So far so good.

But as we were driving to the park the most gorgeous morning twilight was occurring; everything started to take on a pink glow. The forecast was wrong. It was partly cloudy and the light was awesome. But where we were, there didn’t seem to be anything we wanted to shoot. This glow only lasted 10-15 minutes and by the time we got to some place we could shoot it was over. I started mentally kicking myself over the decision the night before to sleep in. I don’t know why , but all this really bummed me out. So much so that none of my sand dune shots from this shoot make the selects for the day.  (And you saw the possibilities in yesterdays images). There are only a couple of pattern shots of cracked mud that made the day’s selects.

Make no mistake about it, part of your personality and mood are expressed in your images. If for no other reason your personality and mood affect what you choose to shoot. If you are in a bad mood then you will most likely not like what you shoot. Another thing to keep in mind is that image can be made almost any time anywhere. You just need to be open to the possibilities. I’m sure if we would have stopped we could have something to shoot and take advantage of the light. Read more »