February 3, 2011

Stormy Snowy and Peaceful

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My favorite pictures are the ones that capture the moment as I saw it or with the best ones, felt it. 

I look at memory as a fast-moving flip book. I don't remember in fluid thought. I remember snapshots, smells, a sound. A picture can bring the other senses back. Its why I chose this shot for yesterday. Stormy, snowy and peaceful. Exactly where you'd want to be. 

Capturing moments the way you remember them is particularly hard with people; it's what makes portraits so difficult. Sometimes I cheat and use series of shots, like these three of Stacey yesterday, but still capturing the way I see a person, in a frozen instant, can rarely do them justice. 

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