Chris Murray
Chris Murray is a full-time photographer, teacher, and author from New York State. His pictures are usually not meant to be a literal doc of the woods, mountains, and rivers of his dwelling state, however relatively a inventive expression of his relationship with the locations that ceaselessly encourage him.
By temperament, I’m not unduly excitable and positively not trigger-happy. I believe twice earlier than I shoot and fairly often don’t shoot in any respect. By skilled requirements I don’t waste a number of movie; however by the requirements of lots of my colleagues I in all probability miss fairly just a few of my alternatives. Nonetheless, the issues I’m after are usually not in a rush as a rule.~ Invoice Brandt
The late November solar poked by way of the clouds because it slipped nearer to the horizon, bathing the river and islands within the heat night mild. As I used to be commenting to my spouse on the great thing about the sunshine, I seen a half-rainbow reverse the setting solar, its one finish disappearing under the water’s floor. Rainbows are usually not unusual the place I dwell, however the mixture of the late afternoon mild and the rainbow dipping into the river made it significantly stunning. My spouse mentioned I ought to get a photograph of it, so I pointed my two index fingers at every temple and mentioned, “click on.” She gave me a glance that solely wives can provide an fool husband. I had no want to {photograph} the scene, content material to witness and revel within the magnificence unfolding earlier than me. After a number of minutes it disappeared, however the reminiscence of it’s without end seared into my mind. What extra might a photograph of it have provided me? What would my motivation have been had I photographed it?
