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I’m making a habit out of this…

Ed Roper — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:20:46 +0000

Didn’t I just shoot this same guitar last sunday? Oh well, regardless. There’s a heat wave on so nobody in their right mind wants to go shoot outside. Or leave their house for that matter. So hey, I was productive.

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It may be a heatwave..

Ed Roper — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:57:12 +0000

…but it’s still a nice night. Tonight, at Marsh Creek State Park ::

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Sometimes, you can just tell

Ed Roper — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:40:14 +0000

Driving home from work today, I looked into the sky and saw two things.

White puffy clouds.
Nice blue sky in between said puffy clouds.
Low humidity in the air.

This is a very good sign for determining if your coming sunset is going to be either blasse’, or spectacular. After a while you learn to read the clouds. And tonight, I was right on the money.

Taken in Lancaster County, about 30 minutes from where I live.

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Don’t rust away..

Ed Roper — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:48:47 +0000

It’s important, as a photographer, to keep moving forward. To keep pushing into new areas and experimenting. Diversity is the key. It’s the same for any art form really.

I have mostly been a nature photographer. For the longest time, that is pretty much all I wanted to do. Leave me alone, away from people, and I’m happy. And there is nothing wrong with that. But after a while, you can easily get into a rut.

I’ve met many people along the way who stick to one genre, and that’s it. If they are nature guys, they never do portraits. If they are portrait folks, they never spent a second in the brush. That just doesn’t work for me.

If you find yourself in a rut, theres quite a few things you can try.

Put the camera down, and pick up a small point and shoot, or better yet a camera phone. Try to make a picture out of the most mundane stuff around you
If you shoot primarily studio portraits, head into the field with a model and some reflectors at golden light, and nothing else. See what happens
Take your camera to a concert. Think you’re good with capturing birds in the wild? They have nothing on a sweating guitarist jumping around stage.
When all else fails, it’s ok to put the camera down. I took a pretty long sabbatical from photography for most of 2007. And you know what? After picking it back up a couple months ago I feel I am doing some of my best work…ever. Honestly, right now I feel I am on a serious upswing.

The important thing to remember is keep moving. And most importantly, have fun.

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I need a vacation..

Ed Roper — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:50:00 +0000

While I can’t up and head down to the outer banks right now ( it was much easier when I only lived 45 minutes from there ), that doesn’t mean we can’t take a look back in the archives and remember the good ole’ days.

There is more like that if you scroll towards the end of my Flickr gallery. I am reconsidering having a proper gallery on this site. Keep checking back, if I find the time I may try to get one up here so I can share some of my non-music related stuff from my pre-concert shooting days. I was going through some cheesy adding campy titles to my pics phase for some reason back then too. Who knows what that was all about. Click ‘Read More’ for, um, more.

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