Comments on: Did I Lose Something?

By: Cole Thompson

Cole Thompson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:37:13 +0000

For a photographer you must take the image when it presents itself, otherwise it will not be there when you return. The light will have changed or your inspiration might have changed and you cannot see it anymore.

By: Roberta Annicks

Roberta Annicks — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:38:44 +0000

As a writer, I get a line of text or song title and say – “Go write it down.” How many times do we NOT write it down and it just slips away. Your wonderful photo here & story remind me again, “Go write it down.” But more than that, revere the moment when it comes to an image.
Peace.
~ R

By: Cole

Cole — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:34:11 +0000

Thank you Piet, I very much appreciate your adding me to your site.

And thank you for your comments.

By: Piet Osefius

Piet Osefius — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:34:46 +0000

Hello Cole,

I’m very inspired by your photography. I added your great photoblog to my website, I hope you don’t mind.

Piet

By: Cole

Cole — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:00:45 +0000

Matt, I think you’re right. It’s all about half-full versus half-empty.

Cole

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:56:00 +0000

Nothing! Be happy for the great images that you have created not down because of What you might have missed. If your mind is always pondering what could have been you will not be able to see what can be. You have not lost it. That curiosity and wonderment that made you so excited when you saw that first lamp is still there.

Matt

By: Cole Thompson

Cole Thompson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:29:18 +0000

Great points everyone. I’ve been thinking the last few days that I’ve almost certainly missed some great shots either because I didn’t walk down “that ravine” or up “that mountain” or perhaps did, but wasn’t “seeing” that day. The question that remains unanswered for me is, what do I do about it?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:49:39 +0000

That is the great thing about photography, we can stop, preserve, THAT moment in time forever. As photographers we have the ability to show people what we saw and felt at THAT moment. There have been many times I have kicked myself after the fact for not making an image of a certain place, thing, person. But there have also been times when I have gone back to a place that I have photographed many times before and found new and exciting images. I think, for me, it has to do with my mind set. There are days when I see images with out even trying and there other days when I have to work hard for mediocre at best pictures. Perhaps next time you are in Akron you will see a whole new light (pun intended)

Matt.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:19:49 +0000

Thanks Cole. I know I have ignored some of those inspirational moments, perhaps because it was inconvenient or thinking I would return to the site. A great reminder to embrace the moment in photography as well as in life.

By: Chet Chylinski

Chet Chylinski — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:28:17 +0000

Cole,

You make a wonderful comment on the fleetingness of a moment in our lives, and the impression it can make… We each view the world in our own unique way, and respond, some times, because at that moment, it was simply meant to be… I call that “Good Karma”… and have thought about what you were saying often…

Thanks for putting your thoughts on paper for me to reflect upon too, as I view my own work…

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving…

Chet