With the cool, wet spring that we’ve had in Colorado, it’s been hard to take photos without getting wet. While that may not be the most pleasant experience for the photographer, it’s great for the photograph. There is something about water that we find irresistable.
A quiet lakeside sunrise at Steamboat Lake State Park, CO
Being creatures born of a water planet, we are made of water—about 70%, actually. The fact that we have legs and lungs instead of fins and gills is a quirk of evolution. Even though we are land lubbers, somewhere in our ancestral memories, we retain a primal affinity for water. In the 21st Century we’ve cast a sheen of culture over that affinity, but we’ve never forgotten water. We are still attracted to water.
Dewdrops add interest to a wild geranium
So it’s not surprising that we find an added attraction to photos containing water. Whether the water is crashing ocean waves, a serene mountain lake, a thundering waterfall, or just a single drop, water, in any of its myriad forms, results in a primal connection that goes deeper than the subconscious.
Will adding water to your images make them irresistable? Not necessarily, but it certainly isn’t going to hurt. Add some water to your images and see if there isn’t a little added attraction.
Enjoy,
Frank
Tags: water, wildflower
I like the image of the lakeside. Good to hear that not only in Austria the spring is wet. To take pictures nowadays is a wet buisness.
Greetings from Austria
Jürgen
Greeting to Austria. It’s nice to know that my humble blog has reached such a wide audience.
Sorry to hear that it is very wet in Austria, too. On the other hand, where would we be without rain? Wet or dust? The choices aren’t ours, so we have to make the best of it.
Frank
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