"Never say you’re going back—SHOOT IT NOW!"
—Jay Maisel
There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.
—William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218–224
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robert e: "'I demand that you shoot me now!' —Daffy Duck to hunter Elmer Fudd in 'Rabbit Seasoning' (1952 Merrie Melodies cartoon by Warner Bros.) The important thing is that the advice sticks, right? For those of us who were weaned on Merrie Melodies, this may resonate more strongly than Maisel or Shakespeare. (Of course the best thing to do is shoot it now and go back later.)"
You can't step in the same river twice...
Posted by: Roy Pataro | Saturday, 27 July 2024 at 03:40 PM
Just outside my building there is a manhole cover. It’s square and a few months ago some workers had to remove it and managed to put it back in the wrong position. With wrong I mean that the yellow line on top of it, part of the line that runs along the street was 90 degrees off. The first time I saw this I said to mysef: You have to come back with the camera and shoot it.
Months passed, I drive by it everyday and everyday a say the same thing to myself. Guess what happened next. It was either somebody noticed and corrected it or I finally took my camera, walked 20 meters from my building entrance and did the shot.
Posted by: David Lee | Sunday, 28 July 2024 at 12:38 AM