New perspectives

Until recently I used to edit my image files immediately after I photographed them. I was just too impatient and couldn’t wait to come back home from the field to see them on a big computer screen. That was the case especially when I thought that I have made some good ones. My editing process was totally influenced and coloured by my emotional responses from that day.

Now, I have a different approach. Firstly I go out photographing to have great outdoor experience. Bringing back trophy images is not my goal any longer. In fact I know that it might not happen at all. Secondly, to better judge quality of my images while avoiding impact of associated emotions or ideas going back to time of image capture I must avoid looking at the images for at least a few weeks and preferably longer. Delayed gratification does make sense here on so many different levels.

This is image of Hazards Range from trip to Freycinet National Park I photographed over a month ago. Passage of time allowed me to see it with a new, fresh set of eyes. Free of any expectations I might have developed immediately after making it.