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Thomas
Allen Bethune
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Photography provides for me opportunities to actualize my truth. It does so in several ways. The acts of seeing, photographing, processing and viewing are the major components of this realization. When I photograph I am looking for a scene that will reveal itself. As I view the scene I do so with trained eyes. I don't necessarily start the shoot with the exact composition in mind, but often I have an idea of what it should look like. As I move around the subject, I settle on the position from which I want to take the shot. Then I set up the camera and compose the photograph. As the technical aspects are becoming fulfilled, and the composition is set, I experience a form of "oneness" not only with the subject, but with the moment. I become present in that place and in the moment. At this point I am usually experiencing a form of a walking meditation. That is when I take the photograph. Sometimes I think that I am finished with a subject, but as I pack the tripod and camera and walk away something more will reveal itself, and I often go in deeper into the subject and into my meditation. I sometimes wonder if there is no limit to what may be discovered with some subjects. The next part of the experience is with the post-processing where I review, cull, and rate the images. The magic of the moment returns, and I then print the selected images. The experience culminates for me when viewers of the prints experience some form of satisfaction from viewing the images, and they express their validation of the images with some form of feedback. I hope you enjoy. Please go to the blog page to see what I am currently working on. ~ Thomas Allen Bethune |
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