That's it....I'm done...

[TwoWheeler]

For all intensive porpoises, I shoot from the hip. I may pick out a place to go and have a general idea what I want to shoot, but it's really just a suggestion. I almost never plan stuff.

Now I know why.

The first one was a little shed that had been behind a nearby house for 25+ years. It was all covered in vines and looked like some sort of Hobbit house. I went and took a few shots, just to play with. Since I shot them through the windshield of my truck, they were all soft. I decided to go back and take a few more.

They'd torn it down.

Next, I took a "preliminary" "test shot" during my lunchtime walk through the cemetery near work. I wanted to do a long exposure but the sun was blazing. A few days later, it was overcast, so I thought I'd try again.

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Despite knowing the cemetery backwards and forwards, I couldn't find the damned spot again.

Last fall, I took some test shots of an abandoned road grader on a dirt road where I walk the Hellbeast. There was something intriguing about it, but I wasn't sure what, so I took a bunch of shots to take home and play with. (And post on here to ask what y'all thought I should do with them)

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I was down there with the dog again today....and the damned thing is gone. It obviously hasn't moved in years, but it's gone now.

I give up. I'm going back to winging it.

 

[ShipleyNW]

That's one thing I like about photography. No matter where you are or what you're shooting, something about it will change over time. So rule #1 is, you have to deal with today. Rule #2 is that if you go back later, rule #1 still applies.

 

[TwoWheeler]

That's one thing I like about photography. No matter where you are or what you're shooting, something about it will change over time. So rule #1 is, you have to deal with today. Rule #2 is that if you go back later, rule #1 still applies.

The flip side is that sometimes the “test” shots turn out to be the keepers. There’s a decrepit old barn I often pass and I had it in my head I wanted to take a shot of it with a dramatic sky. One day last winter, I was passing by and stopped to take a shot of it just for excrement and hilarity. It ended up being the “keeper” and I don’t think I’ll bother with the “as planned” version.

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