Opportunities

Opportunities. It's not an easy word to spell. Sometimes you only get one opportunity to get the right shot but you have to have something on you to take that shot.

Recently I was headed to work where we had a child whose Mom who had been away in the Military for 11 months. She came back home and was coming to the school to surprise him. I debated taking my Nikon but finally decide to take the camera to work. Boy am I glad I did! It was quite an emotional scene, a boy seeing his Mom for the first time in almost a year, and I was able to capture those moments in pictures. An event like this doesn't come along everyday and to be able to be a part of it was an amazing experience.

A couple of winters ago, we were headed to my daughters Swimming Championships in Longmeadow Massachusetts. We had a pretty big snow storm that morning and as we were driving though town we saw the First Church on the green covered in snow. As we drove by I shoved my GoPro out the window and captured an amazing shot of the snow covered scene.

On our first trip to the Florida Keys in 2014 we made an impromptu stop at a place called Anne's Beach in Islamorada while the sun was coming down. This is the spot where I captured what I consider to be my best sunset image, with a cell phone. This image was actually in a special digital exhibit in the Louvre in Paris and I am very proud of that accomplishment.

I have another shot I am extremely proud of and I was just trying to get some shots of my daughter in the wave pool at Six Flags New England. She did a hair flip on a whim which I happened to capture and it turns out the sun was framed by her hair and the water. This is my most awarded, most viewed and most liked image on a photography website named ViewBug.

Basically what I am saying is, if you like to capture life's little moments make sure you always have the means to do so with you at all times. Whenever I leave the house I have my cellphone, which can get some pretty amazing shots but is limited. I usually have a GoPro within reach of the drivers seat and you would be surprised what kind of images you can capture with the GoPro while moving. Now I take one of my two Nikon cameras with me whenever I can.

I heard this from a photographer I follow, Jared Polin, aka Fro Knows Photo, "A good photo is a good photo is a good photo." Meaning you can capture a good photo with just about any type of camera providing you are set up right. Whether it be a point and shoot, a cellphone, an old film camera or a new professional DSLR, they all are capable of producing great images.

So remember, always bring a camera and never let the opportunity to capture that memory pass you by.

As always, Thank you for reading and see you next week!

E

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