Laura's Prints

Last time, I spoke about being able to take great photos with your talent, not the most expensive camera. The photo below is the example of this. It was taken with that fixed-lens camera and is still one of my favorites. This is also available for sale as a BOGO for a limited time at Laura's Prints on Etsy.

Now for your first photo and story. The photo below was one of those brief windows of opportunity to take a shot. It was at the end of my eastern seaboard car trip, where we stopped at one of the plantations in South Carolina. Driving back out the long "drive way" road I looked to my left and yelled, "stop!" When I looked out the car window at this scene it just seemed to be perfectly framed and composed.

The sun was growing dimmer and I still had to grab my tripod and set up the camera, but when I turned it on, I had exactly two shots left on my memory stick.

TWO? So of course, I wasted the first shot by thinking I could handhold the camera. No time to erase. Plop it on the tripod, dang it! And boom. I got the shot.

This photo, Swamp, conveys so many things to me as I hope it will for you. As a photographer is says to me, don't hesitate, don't wait, take the shot.

The swamp, all swamps, have a particular depth and feeling of the unknown. And they're creepy! I love creepy - Anne Rice creepy. On some days it reminds me of New Orleans, which makes me think of the Garden District, and that leads me to imagine witches and vampires because of the books I love of Anne Rice's (back when she weaved such wonderful stories). All of these leaps and connections happen as fast as a synapse, come to think of it, they are synapses!

One gentleman who purchased a print of Swamp remarked that he found the photo mesmerizing and it reminded him of his family and home in New Orleans. I wonder if his kindred consists of any witches or vampires.

If you would like your own print of Swamp, please visit my Etsy shop.

"...the swamp rising on either side of us, a great wall of seemingly impenetrable cypress and vine. I could smell the stench of the muck, hear the rustling of the animals," Interview with a Vampire, Anne Rice.

Laura