CHAPTER 6
Photographing Places
PHOTOGRAPHING THE SO-CALLED SPIRIT of a place is, at the best of times, a bit of a tall order. For one thing, there is probably not one single spirit that defines any given place, so trying to capture it is presumptuous at best. For another, places—like people—change with time and season. I am not the same person I was last year, and my mood changes daily. The same goes for places. The New York you experience in December will be different from the New York you experience in August. Also, just as people are often different, depending on who they are with at the time, so too will places seem different from person to person. Cutting through these challenges and taking photographs that not only remind you of a place—but ...
Get Within the Frame, 10th Anniversary Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
