I'll be in Maui from mid Jan through mid Feb. We are considering South America in the Spring. I would like to see Iguazu Falls, Buenos Aires, and perhaps a bit of the Andes or Rio. Your advice and recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 10:17 AM Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, I’ll borrow your thought: changing latitude as a way to change > attitude. > > When I travel, I take pictures. When I am home, the cameras mostly sit > unused. However I find that I can nicely scratch my photographic itch in > two ways. > > First, I try to be observant, looking for photo ops. Doesn’t matter that I > don’t have a camera along, I’ll see something happen, and will think about > how to capture that scene. > > Second, in between trips I have the joy (chore?) of reviewing all of the > images, keywording, rating, selectively processing, sharing… I do this in > small batches, trying to be quite deliberate, thinking about what I could > have done to improve each image when I shot it. Sometimes trying to discern > why I had bothered. > > For me, each of these approaches helps maintain photography as a learning > experience for me, which makes it interesting and challenging, which keeps > me going through the doldrums. And if nothing else works, then I research > my next destinations and try to previsualize the images I hope to bring > back next time. Back to South America in a couple of months, Iberian > Peninsula and Western Med this fall, NZ and Australia Feb-March 2020, back > to Alaska in August 2020 - I have many upcoming opportunities for > inspiration. Sooner or later my health or financial resources or both will > run out and I will fall back to careful reviews of past adventures. Until > then, I intend to keep on changing latitudes. > > stan > > > > On Dec 31, 2018, at 1:43 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I find myself devoid of inspiration. > > > > I only hope that a change in latitude will produce a change in attitude. > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 1:21 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > >> I've posted this note to a couple of the photo forums I participate in, > in > >> the hopes of inspiring conversation. So why not to the photo mailing > lists > >> and others who I share my occasional photos and rants with as well? For > >> those amongst you who make photographs—or any other kind of art—feel > free > >> to share your thoughts. :-) > >> > >> … > >> By mood I mean my desires in photographic endeavor. > >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
