Photo Goals

 Here we have a beloved "mountain" where people come to stand and watch the sunset.

Directly below is our fairground.

There are thousands of pics taken of it and from the top of it.

I have taken thousands of pics.. posted a bunch. Often people like n comment but in a short time they vanish on a hard drive never to be seen again.

After a hard drive crash I decided to have some of the pics I like best to make large metal 20x30 prints.

I have made a few no-edit enlargements and have some imaginary images to create.

With my google map, I can see which pics people view most n abstract pics get lots :)    

The moon gigantic in my pshop version but the target is capturing the full moon, zoomed in, another pic of the stars and the view of the city below and combine them in a composite.

   Our fairgrounds lit up for Christmas, a one time event the year before the virus

 

The city after a snow

  

I have returned a couple of times but this the one time I captured the 'perfect' pic of our mountain from Forest Rose. 

  

Spring from the fairgrounds 

   Spring

 In this vision, a composite of the sunrise and captured moon  

I suppose there are iconic spots every where. Watching pics posted on social media, at times people are in the right place at the right time to capture great photos (by chance)

Sharing with others is great. With photopills (if I ever figure it out) I will be able to share coming events where cool shots can be taken)

With the Pentax I can geotag these iconic views and be able to capture the milky way, star trails 

With pshop I can blend images, enhance stars and create photos I imagine.

Google maps, albums and other tools are a major help in planning.

The weather... tricky but knowing what the potential sky/atmosphere conditions will give a clue to packing the stuff or playing on the computer.

I am not so froggy now, old n slowing down but want to create two large prints this year,

  On social media there must be many others like me that have iconic places people take photos of. Schools, photo clubs to.

You might figure coming photo events and share them with your community.

People who share the same interest, love to gather in the presence of others to do it.

I went to the John Glenn astronomy place to get a clue of what they were doing .. several were there with their equipment.

On the way home I got a flat and pulled in the entrance of Old Man's Cave to get off the road. Before a ranger came and helped me out, I looked at the sky and it was just as dark in the parking lot as where they gathered to set up their equipment.

I figure most people thinking about selling photos and some do. I don't have such goals... just think about some photo I want to create next and how I might share my love of photography with others.

My website risingpark.blogspot.com 

My photo subject: Mount Pleasant in Rising Park.

 

I guess you could drive around the city or use a map program to find a spot you could get a view of your favorite landmark or, because light travels in a straight line, you could go to that spot and take pics of places you could see and from that spot you could see the places your were standing. 

I did that and I will be able to record those places, their azimuth and elevation with the gps unit.
Die hard photographers with $$$ might travel a great distance to capture their iconic shot, but after the booking, planning the clouds might pull a joke on em.

If there are photographers not far from our turf, they could plan events, then if the weather people do not goof up.. pack your stuff n come on down.

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