Sunday Edition: Mark Spowart

PHOTOSNACK #490

Every Sunday, I contact photographers previously featured on PHOTOSNACK and ask them to send me their spontaneous thoughts, observations, reflections, or advice.

Today, I am sharing the message I received from Mark Spowart.

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Mark Spowart

One area I have always struggled with in photography is conveying what I am feeling in an image. We have all heard the expression, "You don't see a picture; you feel it. " That is a tricky thing to do.

I am not referring to the emotional response a picture may cause. Any good image will evoke emotion on some level. Rather, I am speaking about the emotion you want your image to convey.

I have photographed this spectacle of Mother Nature called the “Gales of November" or the "November Witch" for close to 10 years.

And while I have been happy with the pictures I made in the past, I always felt they were lacking something.

For this past year, I changed my approach from the time of day to where I was shooting from and concentrated on doing my best to isolate individual waves.

In the end, I feel the pictures I made this past year were far better than the ones I have shot in the past. Sometimes, you need to toss out those past experiences and trust your gut to make something different.

Mark Spowart was featured in PHOTOSNACK #459.

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Sunday Editions connect you with photographers whose work you previously explored through PHOTOSNACK.

I want to reveal some authentic parts of the people behind the cameras. I don't ask them any specific questions. I ask them to share whatever comes to mind when they think about YOU, the newsletter readers. It makes their responses genuine and personal.

I hope you enjoyed today's Sunday Edition.

Until next time,
Tomasz