More on working a location
This short post relates to my [previous](http://www.mconnorsphotos.com/blog/working-a-location/) on working a location until you have an image you are happy with. Conversely, I suppose you could think of it as working an image concept until you’re satisfied (if ever) with a finished image. That is how I see this image below.
I was rummaging through some archives and came upon this image from last winter. I actually have mention of this same image in my notebook because I wasn’t happy with the results. I was aiming for a feeling of warmth. A feeling of being a child, having played outside in the cold all day and making your way home knowing that inside are you parents, hot chocolate, and a warm blanket.
I think I have brushed upon my intentions, but I want to redo a similar photo to try bring the kids and sled out more. When I took this nearly a year ago, I had just begun to play with off-camera flash. I was fumbling with settings and begging the kids to hold the pose; pleading with them to shiver just a little while longer while I tweaked this or that. I am by no means expert with flash a year later, but I have become more familiar with lighting that I should give this a go again. Provided I can talk the kids into it.
Are there any image concepts that you plan or want to give a to-over? Or are some of you more the take it, learn from it, and move on type?
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Matt
I remember this from last year and our discussion about it. I am looking forward to seeing how you do it this year. Sometimes the wait between weather events take a while to get that second idea out and into pixels.
Thanks Ray. It’s going to cost me something I’m sure to get the kids out there as models again.
Certianly! With my current series I am revisiting each location plenty of times. Many of the images have looked a bit too samey, either in composition, focus (as in subject), or depth of field. By going back I am exploring what looks best for each location but also ties through the series. I am also looking for different gestures, quiet or demonstrative.
In another series I started this year but will have to wait until the fall next year to complete I am thinking of changing the actual act of photographing quite a bit by using a different technique. My thoughts behind this are that there might be a different aesthetic that would apply well to this particular series. It does mean I’ll have to revisit the locations and that it will take longer to complete, but hopefully it will be worth it.
Thanks for reading Ed. I am really enjoying the Holiday window series and the interplay between live people and the fantastical window displays. I’d say revisiting is paying off.
You’ve certainly peaked my interest on the future project to. Looking forward to see it.