- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
For the new Challenge, I've been thinking about a number of things. In Oregon, where I live, the light that naturally occurs in winter often seems to have a special, particular quality to it, one that's easy to see, but sometimes hard to capture. Galen Rowell, the fantastic photographer known for nature and mountaineering images until his untimely death, once wrote that he almost never consciously set out to photograph a landscape: "my first thought," he said, "is always of light."
But sometimes, to find that amazing light, you must get up very early, brave the elements, trek through or travel across harsh and brutal terrain, all simply to get to a place - a spot - or a moment in time - when the light is just right. You have to be ready when that happens, too - because sometimes it only lasts a moment, a few seconds. But that patience - that persistence - pays off when the image emerges from the negative.
Galen Rowell and many other fine photographers have written eloquently on this subject - on the need to be persistent in the pursuit of certain photographs. The dictionary defines "persistence" as firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
Which brings us to this Challenge - for an image - new or old - that, in some real way, never would have been possible....without serious and extreme persistence on the part of the photographer....You!
The Challenge will run starting today, the 6th of January, through midnight of January 19th - approximately the next two weeks.
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Rules are simple................
1. Either take a picture that matches the nominated theme or select one from your portfolio. You must be the photographer that created the picture in order to enter it.
2. Only one entry per salon, please. If you want to withdraw an entry and replace it with another, that is OK, but you must make it clear in the post containing your replacement picture that this is what you've done. You can add or change the title and add to the edit line to let everyone know.
3. The decision of the curator at the end of the challenge is final - don't give him/her a hard time about it: this is just a friendly photo challenge, after all!
5. The person who submitted the chosen picture will assume the responsibility of curator for the next Salon Challenge and as soon as possible post a message in a new thread in the PL Photo Challenges forum, with details of the new theme. Don't forget - that opening message must include a copy of these instructions, which also double as the rules.
6. The curator can't enter his or her own salon (that's me).
7. Please, don´t be shy...Participate and have fun!
But sometimes, to find that amazing light, you must get up very early, brave the elements, trek through or travel across harsh and brutal terrain, all simply to get to a place - a spot - or a moment in time - when the light is just right. You have to be ready when that happens, too - because sometimes it only lasts a moment, a few seconds. But that patience - that persistence - pays off when the image emerges from the negative.
Galen Rowell and many other fine photographers have written eloquently on this subject - on the need to be persistent in the pursuit of certain photographs. The dictionary defines "persistence" as firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
Which brings us to this Challenge - for an image - new or old - that, in some real way, never would have been possible....without serious and extreme persistence on the part of the photographer....You!
The Challenge will run starting today, the 6th of January, through midnight of January 19th - approximately the next two weeks.
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Rules are simple................
1. Either take a picture that matches the nominated theme or select one from your portfolio. You must be the photographer that created the picture in order to enter it.
2. Only one entry per salon, please. If you want to withdraw an entry and replace it with another, that is OK, but you must make it clear in the post containing your replacement picture that this is what you've done. You can add or change the title and add to the edit line to let everyone know.
3. The decision of the curator at the end of the challenge is final - don't give him/her a hard time about it: this is just a friendly photo challenge, after all!
5. The person who submitted the chosen picture will assume the responsibility of curator for the next Salon Challenge and as soon as possible post a message in a new thread in the PL Photo Challenges forum, with details of the new theme. Don't forget - that opening message must include a copy of these instructions, which also double as the rules.
6. The curator can't enter his or her own salon (that's me).
7. Please, don´t be shy...Participate and have fun!