EVER MISSED A PHOTO "AFTER" YOU TAKE IT?

Most photographs are decided before we ever raise our camera, and most of us don’t realize it until it’s too late. This week I went out with a clear intention. I wanted to photograph the first signs of spring, and I wanted to see if black and white could do justice to those early greens pushing back into the world. The conditions were good at first; fog, rain, soft transitions, and I expected the images to follow. Some of them did. But many of them didn’t, and not because of the light, the weather, or the subject. The problem started earlier than that, in a place that is much harder to see and even easier to overlook. Before the camera is raised, something is already happening. We bring expectations into a scene. We decide, often too quickly, what we think we are looking for. And once that decision is made, it quietly shapes everything that follows. In this video, I’m working through that space, the instant BEFORE the photograph, where attention, expectation, and feeling begin to influence what we are able to see, and what we can also miss. Because sometimes the difference between a strong photograph and a weak one has very little to do with what’s in front of us, and everything to do with what's in our heads. If you’ve ever come back with images that felt off, even when the conditions were right, this video is for you. And if you’re interested in black and white photography as more than a technique; if you’re interested in how it changes the way we feel when we experience light, form, and meaning, then you’re in the right place. #BlackAndWhitePhotography #FineArtPhotography #PhotographyMindset