Jim Brandenburg Video

The video of this artist was perhaps the most appealing to me.  The idea of the project to take only one photograph per day for ninety days sounds like an immense challenge, that the photographer as able to complete exquisitely.  The discussion of the waterfall photograph that his wife actually used a flashlight to create light was a good lesson.  The actual capturing of a photograph is not always most important, but being able to "create" a picture is an artistic quality.  The Lake Superior Beach photograph especially caught my attention because it's simplicity and calmness is captured, with the focal of a rock that makes a fantastic picture.  It is mind-boggling that he was able to only take one photo a day, and every picture was unique, created it's own emotion, and was beautiful.  He discusses the mystery of the project that he could have taken fifty rolls of film to get one picture, but was able to create magnificent photos from just one shot a day.  The level of confidence he had to have to actually do this project is crazy.  How do you know that your one shot is going to be what you went for?  The explanations of how the chose which photograph to take each day were spoken creatively.  The symbiotic relationship between the raven and the wolf was crucial for the photographer to get a photo of the wolf.  Without the raven, the wolf wouldn't be visible and he wouldn't have gotten the photograph.  The benefits of each other was an interesting concept because it showed his understanding of the nature he was photographing.  Overall, Jim Brandenburg's project was amazing to me and I enjoyed learning how he came to decide which photo he would take each day.  Not only do the mistakes turn out to be beautiful sometimes, but taking one photograph a day makes that photograph that much better and special.