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My Friend Mark Krajnak at Dobbs Ferry with Joe McNally. Incredible images, I think they could even make someone like me look good.

Some things are pretty serious when you are 3 1/2 years old and you have to watch your brothers play baseball. Although the cupcakes and the tootsie pop was pretty good. It probably is time to go home now.

Both photos were shot with D300 and a 70-300 lens iso 400 in jpg ( i never shoot jpg, except sports), I was there to shoot the game for her brothers but how do you resist an ‘angel with a dirty face’.

I got to tell you shooting kids isn’t all that easy. High shutter speed, patience and motor drive and lots of chasing helps. I had a ton of fun and got to watch two baseball games, T-ball has to be seen to be believed, it is all about fun and some of the bravest coaches I have ever seen. Placing the ball on the T when a kid with a short attention span and a bat is standing that close is an act of heroism. Great afternoon and I hope I get to repeat it soon, still with a long lens….. behind the fence.

That's Me!

Some ideas and thoughts get better with time and some don’t. The last few weeks have been a real roller coaster of good ideas that don’t seem so good after a few days. Sometimes after a few of these you begin to wonder if all the good stories are gone or if you will be able to recognize the next one when it goes by. Shoot, shoot and shoot some more and they still are crap. I have a sign in the shop that says in Large letters ‘BANG head here’ , it might be time to take it’s advice. I know everyone goes thru these slumps where the stuff you do is just ‘good enough’ but they still are disturbing.

I think most of us who take this seriously have a little higher expectation of what we create than most. The expectations and standards we impose on ourselves are what are the driving force for creative thinking. Settling for good enough isn’t in the vocabulary. The trick may be to let go and stop trying so hard, I know when I taught a martial art it was a case of learning enough to get out of the way of what you learned. Over thinking and pushing gets in the way of what you can do if you just let it happen.

I have a few posts all ready to go on how photography relates to the fine art world and another on what makes landscapes interesting.  And if they still seem like they make sense in a day or so they will be posted.

Enough for now.

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