A wise photographer told me “when you can’t seem to find the photo. . . turn around or come in from a different angle” Where is the light in reference to the subject. Here is an example. During a cruse to the Caribbean last month I thought that great photographs would be easy picking. This was not the case for me. 90% of what I came up with was what I call postcards. It was not that these postcard photos were bad. But they were not ka-pow either. One afternoon I got out of the depressing downtown of cruise ship ports and out in the countryside. I came across a lady selling shells and tie die dresses. The color of the dresses grabbed my eye and I began taking photos of the dresses hanging on the line. The vendor lady began screaming at me “no photos” I figured that she wanted some money for me to take photos of the dresses. If she asked nicely I would have been happy to pay her. But the screaming didn’t help my mood. I walked behind the dresses where she could not see me. I managed to get off a few shots before she saw me and started up again.
