This morning, I found myself at the same spot for the fourth day in a row
the reason why I'm here is because there is a very cool peak back there
but it's covered in fog right now, so I'm waiting for the fog to clear out a little bit
the past few days there was no fog whatsoever
so today might be the perfect day
the image that I'm hoping for might finally happen today
I just need to wait a little bit longer
that little bit longer was 2 hours
but it eventually paid off
I made the image that I wanted
the thing is, when I was taking the shots, a car stopped next to me
they got out of the car, they pulled out a camera, and they clicked away
a couple of minutes later, they were gone
a quick stop and they got the image that it had taken me four days to make
like it or not, anyone can make a great photograph
all that is required is to be at the right place
at the right time, paying a little bit of attention
making the actual image is the easy part
anyone can get lucky
many of my images were made because of pure luck
any of my images with a person or an animal in them was made by pure chance
I just happened to be there at the right time
but it also happened with things and places
I was not expecting to see that american flag underwater during my morning walk
the beautiful tree on a field while I was driving in Indiana
or the full moon in New Mexico
those metallic structures on a very foggy evening at Lake Michigan
or Lago di Garda, in Italy
a place that I chose pretty much randomly after having to cancel my stay in nearby Austria
that was the best cancellation ever
the point is that anyone can get lucky once
or twice, or three times, even five
but a time comes when you have to think... is this photographer really that lucky?
photography is about seeking that luck
it's about putting yourself in situations where luck doesn't have any other choice but to find you
and we all need luck to make good images
at least, when we make images outdoors
we will never have everything under control
there are just so many things that could go wrong
we're going to fail many times, maybe hundreds, perhaps thousands
before we get to make our next good image
for every image of mine that you might like,
you aren't seeing the other 100 terrible ones I'm not showing you
we need to allow ourselves to take bad photos, every photographer does it even the best ones
especially the best ones
each one of those failures brings us closer to our next great image
we need luck in our photography, but it is through perseverance that we earn the chance to get lucky
luck is after all not just a matter of luck
the more you try, the luckier you get
this is the only way to unleash the creativity that we all have inside us
there's an image out there waiting for you to be made
it might not happen today, it might not happen tomorrow
but it will happen
and who is to say that next time you grab your camera and you click that shutter
it's not going to be the best image of your life
but for that to happen you need to be out there
so grab your camera and go out now
I am!
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