(December 6, 2012 – March 5, 2013)
When I admire something, I like to get a photograph of it. Often, I see things I admire as we are hurtling down the highway at a high rate of speed, with no way to stop or slow down. I don’t let that stop me from taking a picture anyway. This has led to many “discussions” as to the feasibility of pictures in motion. Basically, I will whip out the camera and make the effort to get the shot while hearing, “What are you doing? Why are you taking a picture? That will never turn out!!
I can see the resulting photos on the back display of our digital camera and think some of these shots look pretty promising. I’ll retort that am going to do a coffee table book entitled From the Car: Taking Professional-Quality Photographs from a Moving Vehicle, and that Rich will be laughing out of the other side of his face when I make a million dollars! He says he will be laughing out of both sides if I make a million dollars.
As it turns out; we’re both right. Many of the shots I get turn out blurry or get blocked by the sudden intrusion of a telephone pole, fence post, tree, bush, hill, etc. But sometimes I do get some decent pictures that will be nice reminders of the landscape here. They won’t ever be in a coffee table book, but I can make them a recurring feature in our blog. I will title these: From the Car: Taking Beautiful and Interesting Photographs While Being Implored to Quit Wasting Time – Those Will Never Turn Out!! -Cyndi
