Brian

What's wonderful about photography is that, while I'm always trying to catch lightning in a bottle with every shot, I'm often surprised as to which pictures actually achieve that. Sometimes I'll look at something through the lens, and as I'm taking it, I'll say "That's it. I've got something great here." But the picture doesn't turn out that well. The magic of the moment, for whatever reason, wasn't captured, or got lost in the translation. And there are other times when I'll take a picture, not think I've got anything, but when I look at it, I'm amazed at the result.

I took this shot of my friend drumming at one of his shows. The only adjustments I made were cranking up the saturation and shifting the hue slightly. I did that just to add some surrealism to it. The original image can stand on it's own without that, but I like the final effect as well.

When I took this photo, I had no idea what I had until I saw it on my computer screen. I could analyze this photo and explain what I love about it, but I'm not going to. I'll just write my own simple review that I think says it all: "Really Cool."