Beauty literally stops me in my tracks. It can annoy my wife when she’s in the car because I’ll hit the brakes unexpectedly, pull over and reach into the back seat for my camera.
It might happen anywhere, and if I don’t capture that right away, it can fade in minutes or even seconds. Photography is about light, after all, and light is often transitory, especially with scattered clouds and a storm either building or breaking up.
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