Softness Abound
RIP Pickles 2011
RIP Pickles 2011
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Behind The Lens
Location
I was living with my older brother for a time; soul searching if you will.. & during this time (a year exactly) this marvelous creature happened to live with my brother as well. The photo was taken in Ogden, Kansas in my brother's house.Time
It was early afternoon one day, Pickles was the most peaceful feline, & would often lay down with not so much as a gesture from me, knowing that I'd pet him thereafter.Lighting
It was the natural lighting which was coming through the window & curtains.Equipment
A Nikon L110, no flash, and that is all.Inspiration
The subject; Pickles, it was he who inspired me to take this photo. He always was such a wonderful friend to me, always reciprocating the love & attention I'd share with him in full. I'd later joke that he was the feline embodiment of myself, zen & blissful, not worrying about the drama, just simply living life as himself, unabashedly. ^~^Editing
None at all. I very rarely do, I feel it interrupts the point of what was captured in the moment of shooting the photo. Filters etc;.. if I want to make some digital art I do so, if I'm photographing a scene then I photograph it, I aim to keep a definitive line between the two avenues of art unless a concept strikes me in merging them.In my camera bag
The Nikon L110 and something to clean the lens with.Feedback
Providing you're capturing an animal in your scene; know your subject as though they were your sibling, a best friend or confidant. Find yourself familiar with their movements and demeanor as a whole. Lastly; I'll give you the same advice I once was given by a random encounter with a photographer I met on a beach overlooking the ocean after complementing his camera.. He said to me: "Though an expensive camera is useful in it's own right, I've taken some of my best photos with the first cameras I've ever owned. It's not the camera which makes for a good photo, it takes the eye of a photographer to do that. It's the person behind the camera that makes a truly great photo, not the other way around.
