I'm Joining the "I'm Looking up and Taking the Tree Tops" Club

When I take a photograph my first thought is 'How will I take this?'...much akin to everyone out there because that is the skill one wishes to develop. Because I use film, my immediate thought to follow is 'Why do I want to take this?'

Film is expensive in both Financial and Time terms. But that's not always the reason. I look at Ralph Gibson, Robert Doisneau, Bill Brandt, Diane Arbus, David Bailey, and all those amazing photographs and try to believe that capturing essence in that manner is a gift. I have no fairy sitting on my shoulder sprinkling faerie dust over my well wished fors. But I can but try. Trying involves questioning your reasons for clicking the shutter.

This photograph is so titled because I feel this is a waste of a negative...a pointless exercise [excuse the pun]. You and I can see the trees by travelling through the woods/forests and simply looking upwards. I ask myself..'Why am I showing you this as a second hand/rate experience'? So... 'Why?' has become much more important than 'How?'. I don't want to produce pictures that have been Photoshopped to the hilt to improve detail or colour tones, etc.... Maybe time has come to change direction and look for something more in my results. How to progress? Don't know, but I need to think about it.