Photography Hell
Photography Hell is when you want to, but can't, take a photo.
A few months ago when I was going home I was treated to an incredible sunset on the way out of London, cumulating in a gorgeous deep purple to bright orange sky reflected in a lake. This made me wish that I could just stop the train, get out, and take some photos. However, after a week or so the sunset started occurring when I was on the tube, so the wish faded.
The wish is back again, though now I am treated to dawns instead. Sharp frost and mist across rolling fields, a clear sky and the half-moon, trees masked against the sun rising, with aeroplane vapour trails crossing the sky. I really should find the time to take a photography course, or just experiment, and try and capture some of this.
Ignore all the talk about camera equipment. Just learn about light, exposure, and you'll learn the rest automatically.
Get a digital camera with an option of manual control, so that you can set the aperture and shutter speed manually. And play with it. Take lots of pictures,and I mean a lot. That's the way to learn.
