A moment
Comes together
Unplanned
Unforeseen
Unforeseeable
Sometimes
The magic
Simply arises
Sometimes
The secret
To photography:
Camera
In hand
Eye on the world
The art
Of living
Seems not so different
Moments
Of fleeting
Possibilities captured
Chesterman Beach
Tofino
British Columbia, Canada
Taken during travels, 2017
While walking out onto the flat expanse of sand that is Chesterman Beach, I was stopping intermittently to photograph the stunning array of clouds looming over the diminished landscape of rain forest and distant breakers. Too intent on the frame at hand, I noticed the advancing shallow wave only as it nearly lapped at my feet. On my third hasty step of retreat, I bumped into something, which yelped, retreated, then circled around to my side as the wave receded.
Sometimes, a frame just presents itself. The dog, the sun, the clouds, the beach, the distant Islands, attached to the mainland by a wide bar of sand at low tide. I barely took a step to line this shot up. And on the fourth frame, the dog obliged further by striking the perfect pose.
Magic.
Then his human called, and he exited.
But I had been there, fortunate to have camera in hand, already setup for the extreme light conditions, and the presence of mind to recognize the opportunity and grab it.