Thanks Johnny.

April 30, 2008 | Filed Under people, san francisco 

What I can appreciate about photography is the ability to capture those moments immediately before and after the apex of action. We watch a scene on the street waiting for the climax and zeitgeist, and we disregard the moments that frame the action and excitement. In those most fleeting of moments, we can discover rich details of seemingly insignificant passing. Try posing a person or a group at party with your little point and shoot; shot the pose then keep shooting as the subject(s) breaks character.
Johnny Stafford was my first photography instructor, and his mantra was that a good photograph asks more questions than it answers. I must of heard it once a day during my entire high school career. Much of Mr.Staffords cruel tutelage still resonates with me today, and I will always be grateful to him, my first sensi of kamera-fu.

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