Taking the Fun

Out of Making the Pictures

Aug 07, 2023

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The troubadour model is how most musicians make ends meet these days. What’s the photographer equivalent? ©2023 Kenneth Jarecke/Contact Press Images

Do you ever get to that point where doing something you’re really good at, or at least like to believe you’re really good at, gets difficult?

Yeah, me too.

I’ve noticed that my timing is about a tenth of a second off. Meaning the decisive moment has just been missed by the slightest, but nonetheless significant, fraction of time.

The Singing Cowboy Way. ©2023 Kenneth Jarecke/Contact Press Images

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