I like exploring new places with a camera in hand but I also love going back to some of the same places over and over. I know I mentioned it here in the past and not just once but today's post is another witness to that. Why would I want to photograph the same place again?

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It may be the same place but will it look the same? I doubt that. First, the place itself might have changed with the passage of time. The changes can be subtle and may take a while to notice or they may be rather striking. Second, the conditions will surely be different. Different seasons, different weather, different time of the day, all resulting in different images.

And then there is the equipment. Yes, as a photographer I believe that photographs are more about the person behind the camera than the equipment itself but that's not to say the equipment does not matter. Yes, great images are possible with any equipment, as the history of photography shows us, and as something as simple as a pinhole camera can prove. But the equipment choice will have an impact.

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Rock Garden, Lower Niagara River Rapids
Shot on Nikon N75 and Kodak Portra 400 Film

The lens selection will drive the perspective. Even the camera selection will change how we look at a scene. In my experience, we use smaller cameras with an LCD on their back, including our smart phones, differently than if we have to look through a viewfinder. Then one can choose to use a digital camera and apply different processing or filters after the fact, or shoot on film, in which case some of the look is determined ahead of time as different film will provide a different look. And yes, even that can be further worked on either digitally or in a darkroom.

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Niagara Rumble, Lower Niagara River Rapids
Shot on Nikon N75 and Kodak Portra 400 Film

And of course, there are the creative choices of the photographer as far as how they decide to use all of the above to render the final image. Even simple camera settings have a huge impact. A slow shutter speed of 1 second or more will certainly give flowing water a very different look than an action stopping 1/1000 sec or faster. An aperture of f/1.4 will provide a very shallow depth of field where only the intended point of interest is in focus while f/16 or smaller show a landscape in focus front to back. And yes, the focal length matters too.

Anyway, all of this contemplation to really get to a simple point. I was at this location many times before but this was the first time I brought a film camera loaded with color negative film. Did I leave with different photographs than before? Absolutely! The film had an impact, the camera had an impact, and the different lens had an impact. And I found a few new spots and angles too.

I can't wait to return to this magical place on the Niagara River again for more new images.

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