I forgot what website it was, but a few months ago I read an enraged rant about photography. (It was truthful and entertaining from what I remember.) One of the points was that there can be good photographers who work on their craft, but then there are people who luck into situations allowing them to take pictures far more interesting than any professional would take. An example is if someone took a legit photograph of an alien—it’d be the most popular picture ever. Anyway, if you’re on the International Space Station, and it just happens to be directly above a volcano eruption, you just might shoot some awesome pictures.
July 1, 2009