Photo Ops

August 7

I am thankful for photo ops. As a photographer who lives and dies for photo ops, you would expect nothing less of me. There are zillions of photo ops out there. It's just having the mind's eye, the vision, the ability to translate what you are seeing into media, and the opportunities. Perhaps one of the greatest songs about photography is Kodachrome by Paul Simon:

"You give us those nice bright colors
You give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away."

Paul Simon 1973

This is a candid photo that I caught at a wedding that my brother and I shot together. I just happened to be lucky enough to snap the camera as these bridesmaids were blowing kisses so the man with the camera phone could get their picture. It is one of my most prized photos just because of its humor and because it was a spur of the minute thing. I had no part in the planning but snapped the photo when the opportunity arose.

photo op

i love taking photos

i just cannot stop

when all is said and done

love a photo op.

© rt tulley

photo op 2

glorious sunshine

on a glorious day

to be able to capture it with camera

accurately portray

beauty of someone

standing in the rain

agony or joy on a face

far above the pain

sunrise or sunset

the creations of nature

composition divine

sometimes to only infer

zoom in close

or zoom far away

eye of the beholder photography

art in its own way.

© rt tulley