Un/Taken ep. 14 Donn Dobkin

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This topic is about the photo you did not take. If you haven’t seen the previous episodes, read those stories here.

In this episode we get to know the story of photographer and fellow Substacker Donn Dobkin, who write Glimpses and Visions. He tells the story of his photos, taken and untaken.

Here we go.

Untaken

Which photo was untaken and why did you not take it?

Missed shots. Woof. There are three types for me, and I’ll start with the least painful.

First, when I’m doing a story, particularly involving portraiture, it seems inevitable that within ten or twenty minutes of driving away I’ll think “Oh jeez, I should made an image of him doing this, or her engaging with that.” It happens, I’m not sure… Every Single Time? I do walk in with shot lists, and lots of ideas, so usually I’ve come away with a solid set of material, but there’s always something that occurs to me later.

Next, there are fleeting moments where my brain doesn’t…