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I’m just not good with words. I’ve already told you to look up the word “logorrhea”… In this blog post, I’ve already wasted an hour typing and deleting, trying to explain two things: how much I love pure un-modified natural light, and how much I love clients who are willing to go on a little bit of an adventure. This couple, Janet & Travis, picked the location for their engagement session and it was amazing. A landscape photographer’s paradise, for sure. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of engagement sessions and bridal shoots with clients who are willing to go for a little hike to get beautiful pictures, and I just love that.
A pristine landscape, especially so close to suburbia, is a rare and precious thing to me… Unfortunately this inclines me to be more secretive about exact locations, and I totally understand that this annoys other photographers. All I can say is this- If you really admire images you see from a beautiful place, whether it be a local beach, state preserve or national park, do your part to respect that location by not overrunning it and leaving a trail of destruction everywhere. If you’ve ever seen Yosemite Valley in July or August, you know what I’m talking about. I guess that’s all I have to say. If you know where these photos were taken, that’s cool, I hope you photograph there regularly. But try and let others discover things for themselves. Or hey, just ask your clients where they’d like to shoot!
Now there’s really no way to put light into words, though, so I’m going to stop here. I hope you enjoyed the photos, and personally I’m looking forward to shooting this weekend with some other local photographers, and trying to “SEE the light”… :-)
Take care!
=Matt=
by Matthew Saville
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