A shot that means something to you - the photographer

Posted by Nisah Cheatham on the Big Photo Hunt community board.

We all have shots that we connect with, even if print sales or social media seem to pay them no mind. These don't have to be heart wrenching, heavy moments or reasons, though if you feel comfortable sharing that, I'm very sure you will receive a supportive welcome at Big Photo Hunt.

Here's one of mine to set the expectations.

I was in Japan on business and weirdly enough the job site was nearest to Narita-Shi. There is a great large temple and grounds in the city that I randomly stumbled upon when I was out trying to get shots with a more small city/village feel. I found myself at this spot 180+ feet across a pond with only a 55mm lens and no tripod. Instead of using a small aperture, I shot wide open at f/1.8 knowing that there would be 90 ft of foreground that would be blurry. But I if cropped well, that blurriness would feel kinda like a long exposure. Except that I could shoot at a higher shutter speed and the wind in the trees and the slowly strolling people on the left wouldn't be blurry. It more or less worked as I saw it in my minds eye. No matter the "meh" responses I get when I post it, I'll always love it because it represents, for me, thinking outside of the box (photographically speaking) and trusting those wacky thoughts.

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Post yours and write up why you think it resonated with you personally and what was going on at the moment of the snap, etc. Maybe just one photo per reply to give ample space to wax on poetically about stuff. 😎