I often wonder what it is that I find so interesting about an interesting
sight/photograph/light. The images alone seem like footprints, as if I were collecting traces of a mysterious and elusive creature. Their meaning remains mysterious. In any case, I’m especially attracted to human artifacts dissolving back into the air/water/earth from whence they came.
I must have carried my camera and tripod hundreds of kilometres for every frame exposed. I’m slowly learning to release the shutter more frequently; digital equipment helps.
I have a growing archive of digital photos (which await processing before posting online), and slides which have yet to be scanned. (Anyone have a slide scanner?) I look forward to making them available; meanwhile, some old photos remain.
For those interested in the equipment I used…
I remain somewhat disillusioned with the 35 mm SLR format (digital or otherwise). For fine photography, high resolution cameras with movements are preferable if not essential. In any case, the resolution of digital SLR cameras exceeds that of 35 mm film (though colour and dynamic range may remain disappointing) and continues to increase, as does video capability. With such improvements and the addition of tilt/shift lenses, the format is more interesting.
For my own purposes, the difference between images produced with a good compact camera and those of an SLR is too small to inspire my interest in enduring the greater mass/size/cost of an SLR. In short, smaller cameras make more pictures, and if quality is first priority, then carry a heavy tripod and a large format view camera into the field.
The digital camera market is (like so many markets) rife with hyperbole and misleading information, not to mention too many choices. The results of my research are available as a list of recommended cameras…