Learning from My Photographs

Daffodils along West Cove Road, McLemore Cove, Walker County, Georgia. Do you look deeply at your photographs after you've made them to see what they are truly about? I'm not talking about things like composition, exposure, focus, and such, although those are necessary and important. I'm talking about meaning and message. Those elements are often not evident at first glance. We may have to live with a picture for a while to understand its full meaning. There may be much more there than we saw when we snapped the shutter. (Although sometimes we feel it without realizing what we're seeing.)I have a number of photographs printed on canvas in 24 by 36-inch format which I hang over my fireplace and switch out according to the season. This one, as you were probably able to guess, is my spring picture.When I made this photograph I was deliberately looking for something that said "Spring." I made quite a few photos on my farm and around the Cove, but this is the one I chose. I like the…