Our personal interests can teach many life lessons. Photography is no different. Some lessons in photography are probably obvious, such as looking at your image as well as business challenges from multiple perspectives. The other is managing time.
However some lessons are not so apparent, until you see them taking hold in both your photography and your approach to life. One lesson is the use of time, it’s definition may be quite elusive depending on your perspective. It’s the one thing that cannot be bought, shortened, or extended.
Managing Time: Life’s most precious commodity
In nature photography, each day has a limited amount of time that maximizes the quality of a given type of image we are shooting for.- The minutes before and after a sunrise where the soft rich rose hues cascade across our landscape.
- The early to mid-morning time frame where bees, other insects and birds start off by moving slowly before elevating to a darting, rapid pace.
- The midday sun where direct overhead light can be made to work for areas where you don’t want shadows.
- And then sunset, where glowing red to amethyst skies sweep in before nightfall.
Nature Photography awakened the need to be more aware and in some cases, a bit selfish with my day.
Birds, foliage, landscapes, seasons, days and nights all have their optimum peaks. These peaks become guideposts as to how and where we will spend our photography time. How will you spend your free time today?
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