Slow down. You move to fast. You've got to make the moment last... Simon and Garfunkle did that one a while back, and it's good advice. When the light is soft, dial back the camera (metaphor) to a low ISO, find a steady rest (metaphor), contemplate the composition (metaphor blatantly obvious). Let the light slowly paint the image while you are cherishing the moment you are creating (still a metaphor). Repeat as often as needed. Relax into good art.
I have made it! Vacation (really) starts tomorrow and is a near certainty well into August. Breathe. Smile. Stare at the sky. Enjoy loved ones. Dialing back to ISO 100, composing well, and slowing it all down.
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To make these images at Amnicon Falls, I used a very small aperture (very large number) and a steady camera. Because I didn't have a tripod with me, I found a small white cedar tree, looped the neck-strap of the camera around the tree and put the lens into it like a sling (hard to describe effectively). My tripod for these shots was an organic one, and a sacred tree in these parts. Miigwetch!
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