
I often contemplate my desk job and what exactly it means to me. I then wonder what would I rather be doing instead of it. Then I wonder why should it matter if I can make the time for that which I love. Then I wonder why I am wondering so much instead of paying attention to what I’m doing.
I think I can only make photographs when I am “present.” This can mean a lot of things, of course, but for me, it means I’m concentrating on one thing – I am here. As I walk a trail, I have to feel myself being there. This means taking it all in and allowing spontaneous inspiration to take over my being. In such a mind state, I see the light and patterns of nature much easier. I almost feel it and it leaves me giddy. And then it’s a lot easier to create an image rather than hoping an exposure will turn out. I wish I could turn that on at will…
You are reading a blog posting from the photographer Laurent Baig. Feel the wilderness experience.







