My wife asked me what it was about photography that I liked so much. The shortest, most honest answer was ‘it gets me out of the house’. Really, (for me) photography is just a bi-product of going for a walk. Let’s be honest a lot of the time going for a walk can be boring, especially if you walk in the same places fairly regularly. Some people listen to pod casts, some people to music – I take a camera, which I think makes me pay a lot more attention to where I am. I’m constantly looking around me looking for something that (I think) will make a good photo. Views, trees, animals, plants, birds. If I was just going for a walk I don’t think I’d see half as much.
On Sundays walk I had a particular photo in mind, which was looking up into a tree canopy. I’ve been thinking about it for a while but I can’t quite find the right tree so far. I got one shot, which I’m fairly happy with, but it’s still not ‘the’ shot. I need to get the right f-stop and the right tree. So, I’ll keep looking. It gets me out of the house.
Shaun Madill Photography 