DISQUS

edwinv · 5 months ago

My brother-in-law and I had a conversation about this just a couple of weeks ago. And yes, I'm completely looking at things differently since picking up photography.

I'm experiencing everything you mentioned above, but I think the biggest thing I've noticed is lighting and how it affects objects and my surroundings. More specifically - natural lighting. It's incredible how the lighting in the late afternoon/early evening can make something look that much better. I guess that's why most photographers prefer to shoot at that time.

brandice · 5 months ago

So true! Late afternoon/early evening just seems to warm everything and give it these completely rich feel... Glad I'm not the only one who's noticed everything *that* much more now that I'm trying to capture it. :)

barkerja · 5 months ago

You're beginning to "think" more like a camera. A camera obviously only captures a moment of time and that perfect moment can come and go within the blink of an eye.

You are also able to witness things from many different perspectives through both sight and sound, something you are not able to accomplish with a camera.

So no, it is not unnatural now for you constantly be "looking through the aperture" and capturing those moments that can only be saved through a shutter.

bear1 · 5 months ago

You know I have found that My podcast that I have just started "my audio Journal" has kind of done the some thing. I am finding my self tring to explane things that I just take for granted. I love the pitcher of the sun through the trees.