There’s kind of a golden rule in photography; when you get the camera out look EVERYWHERE. Look up, down, both sides, in front and behind. Don’t just see one opportunity and shoot that. So that’s the goal, truth is though, like most people once I get an idea I kind of get caught up in that one thing. I always think after “oh I should have looked around, or tried something different”. Trouble is I kind of get this revelation on my way home!
Anyway I was in Alki and standing on the pier taking shots of downtown Seattle across Elliot Bay. For once I thought, what if I shoot over here instead? The picture below is the result, I have Elliot Bay behind me and not in the picture at all, instead I’m shooting into land.
There was actually a huge trash can on left under the pier light and I pulled that out of the way before taking the picture (I’m so pleased I thought of that too as it would have been a pain to remove in post).
When I got home I was really pleased with the image and like the look of the light on the pier and the way the pier draws your eye back to the shops and apartments on the water front. The sky has a stormy look about it as well that adds to the picture.
So I get home tonight and to my surprise I find the Halo guys photocopying their butts on my scanner! This is ridiculous, I mean it’s not a Christmas party or anything like that and both of them were sober!
