Embracing Limitors

AziMuth

I’ve made it my practice with 9 out of 10 images in this blog to supply the imagery with my Blackberry.  The Curve has a small digital pin hole camera that does fairly well in certain settings, dismal in others.  I have other gear.  So why not use it for this project?   Limitation can be so useful to creativity.  I’ve seen time and time again folks clunking around the latest top of the line digital camera, only to switch the setting to automatic and let the camera do all the capturing.  

This image of nicotiana blossoms was taken after we did our chores tonight.  The light was not the greatest and the background had a series of distractions that could have weakened the overall effect.  Now I can see as well as you that this is not a great shot.  That’s not the point.  It took a bit of work finding the right angle and seven different shots before this one emerged. What I’m enjoying is pushing this little tool to maximize what it and I can accomplish together.  In doing so I’m stretching my own eye, I’m working harder to create something adequate for these purposes.  Heck, lately even the two stage zoom is not working, so I guess I’ve got to find the manual.  Or not…

The limitation also causes me to engage to consider my subject in a more thoughtful way.  It proved a fitting way to pay tribute to these blossoms which tonight’s frost will likely claim.