Natural wonders: What did we do before cameras?
Fenn McDonnell - Tourism Coordinator • June 13, 2020
Do I take the photo, or do I just look in awe with 100% focus?
If you haven’t seen the movie “The Adventure of Walter Mitty” please please please watch it. It is one of the best movies I have ever seen. If you like adventure and photography (generally they go hand in hand), or even if you don’t like taking photos, but like looking at them, that movie is for you!
There is an all-star cast, a cracking soundtrack, special effects, a love story, humour, and themes of life, fulfilment and emotional “urges”. There's a scene I want to tell you about, but I won’t, as it would be a spoiler alert if you haven’t seen it.
Why I just have to capture the scene...
- A memory for me to look back on
- To show my friends, family and the world how good this is - and to encourage people to come here!
- To share via Facebook, Instagram... to stroke my ego and get “likes” and to make my pages look pretty!
What I hate about this...
- I am not "in the moment” of pure appreciation of what I am looking at
- I'm missing more of them or the subject because I am too worried about batteries, lighting, shadows, angles and filters. Have I got the right camera? The lens? Should I be doing a video, or a slow-mo, or a “live” photo, or a time-lapse?
- Is this a HERO image? Could I make money from it?
- I need people in the photo for size and scale,
- Is the lighting ok,
- I need to come back later because the sun was in the clouds.
The Bungle Bungles is one of those places the is a feeling of timeless awe rather than a place to fill your Instagram with HERO shots.
WHY the hell am I ranting on about photos and me and movies when writing a blog for a caravan park????
WHY the hell am I ranting on about photos and me and movies when writing a blog for a caravan park????
I’ll tell you why...
You need to get here, rain hail or shine, camera or no camera. Your eyes are the most powerful camera in the universe that takes the perfect image EVERY millisecond of every day. Your brain has a cloud storage of infinite GIG storage and its FREE. No monthly payments. Well sorry, you have to drink water, eat good food, breathe oxygen, get sunlight, talk and touch other humans or animals and make sure you move around every day! So there is a small investment ;-)
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