Living in Norway, where the elements often turns out to be quite interesting, people always keep telling me, “Such an awful weather we have today. It’s certainly impossible to take pictures now.” And I’m always thinking, “Why??”
Photography is all about light (and composition). And the weather conditions itself is a just force that drives the light settings. So only taking sunshine photos restricts ones creativeness, I think. The weather brings so many interesting effects into the scene, and is arguably the photographers’ best friend, not his worst enemy! (But this is just my opinion. At the end of the day, the important thing is, of course, to enjoy being out with your camera!)
This shot was captured earlier this week. It was morning hours, and a specially murky one too. I was on my way to work, feeling quite miserable. Approaching the stairs leading down from the Underground station, the fog whirled up copious amounts of haze everywhere, turning people into ill-boding structures.
Frankly speaking, I was really a bit under the weather that morning, but nevertheless I withstood the urge to seek shelter with a nice, warm cup of coffee, and instead forced myself to rise my camera and linger around for a while.
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