I've been thinking about what to write for my next blog posting. I've stopped and started on several different topics. Needless to say, I was having a hard time. Then I came across the photos of Adam Schallau.
Adam Schallau is a photographer who is "inspired by the landscape, culture, and people of the American West". I just happened to run across his website while on the Photoshelter website. They had his website up as a example of the websites that they can offer to a photographer and I just happened to click on it.
His photographs are truly inspiring. The pictures on his site made me stop and think, "What is a photograph?"
To me, a photograph should be a image that makes you feel something. It should bring out an emotional response in the viewer. Does looking at the picture make you sad? happy? relaxed? Does it inspire you to work harder on your own photography skills in order to push yourself to do better work?
When I came across Adam's work I was amazed at the feelings that it brought out of me. The huge landscapes, the beautiful colors and the shear grandness of the pictures. Knowing there are places in America that are still untouched by human hands. My feelings were all over the place.
That's when I decided what a photograph is to me.
View Adam's work at: http://adamschallau.com/adam-schallau/
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