A Muse Visits! Maria at Surin Beach, Phuket

[Nigel Allan]

Haven't picked up a camera or posted for quite a while, but I just purchased a camera I have coveted (Nikon D750) and felt inspired. (People argue, justifiably, that buying a 'better' camera does not make you a better photographer, and I agree. However, I do believe that buying a piece of equipment you love and covet can inspire you to take pictures you might otherwise not take.)

Here are some shots I took of Maria the other day at Surin Beach in Thailand...of course, a great model, wonderful natural light, and a heavenly location all help too...you don't need to be that good a photographer if the set up is conducive...you just have to let the muse visit

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[James Lemon]

Nice and crisp set of images... I especially like #3 and #5.

 

[Nigel Allan]

Thanks James

 

[Asher Kelman]

Haven't picked up a camera or posted for quite a while, but I just purchased a camera I have coveted (Nikon D750) and felt inspired. (People argue, justifiably, that buying a 'better' camera does not make you a better photographer, and I agree. However, I do believe that buying a piece of equipment you love and covet can inspire you to take pictures you might otherwise not take.)

Here are some shots I took of Maria the other day at Surin Beach in Thailand...of course, a great model, wonderful natural light, and a heavenly location all help too...you don't need to be that good a photographer if the set up is conducive...you just have to let the muse visit

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These are so beautifully imagined and constructed. God made the scene and the woman, but you had to put them together. You did so well. The images give a wonderfully opposed set of worlds, the transient beauty we are lucky to hold on to for a decade or two and then the timeless perfection of the landscape nature always gives us a a reference by which we can then measure our time.

Asher