I’ve written before about those special moments when a picture reveals itself right before your eyes. Some days when you’re ready to take a photograph … to capture something special a scene can prove elusive … there are, I believe, times when it’s almost as though you have to be ‘open’ to a photograph’s materialisation. By that I refer to perhaps a process or state of mind whereby you as the photographer are open to the image that present itself to you. It’s like realising there is an image waiting in front of you or even anticipating an image’s appearance … this one represents one of those moments

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A young touches her finger to the water wall at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne

Back story: A recent trip to Melbourne, Marina and I had just been to visit the Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. Marina had wandered outside and I went to retrieve my camera bag from the cloakroom. As I walked across the foyer of the gallery toward the exit I noticed this young girl outside touching the glass of the water wall with her finger. I quickly reached into my camera bag, grabbed the camera and took a few pictures (before her father came and dragged her away from an anticipated episode of soaking). This one was my favourite… on the inside looking out.

The exhibition at the NGV is spectacular btw … should you find yourself in Melbourne 😉

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