Somehow I find it hard to co-ordinate multiple projects and stuff (horizontal focus) smoothly. I’m learning to though, hopefully.
Well. Chee Yong has his “you are the creator, you make the artwork (photo)” theory, which I think pretty much sums up why photography is art. Great paintings aren’t found on brushes, so neither are great photographs on lenses or cameras. (KR for that, he’s got a bunch of stuff on the “theory” part of photography, although he’s a gearhead still)
John Nack has a take on this: most pictures suck, even for photographers. A bunch of interesting tidbits in the comments, including:
Somebody once was watching a famous photographer sort through his negatives. He was amazed the photographer could flick a 35mm neg clear across the room, smack into the trash can, without looking up from his light table. “Practice…
Well, Mr Chow also said that if you have a bunch of trash shots, it’s a headache to sort them or pick through, since they’re crap anyway. If you have a few good shots among that trash, it shows up immediately. (This was during darkroom, a while back)
I can’t wait for the vacation block. There’s a bunch of stuff I want to do. I hope I do actually do them this time round, though.
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