About catching the right moment
The only reason why I am writing is maybe because the last post does not really apply anymore. I feel much better, have almost recovered from the change in medication.
I wished I could say I have used the time of well being appropriately (eg. writing job applications) but in fact I just enjoyed being back to decent health. Over the weekend I attended LEAD, the election of the new MC for AIESEC in Switzerland. For once I did not go there to take pictures but to have a good time with friends - and ended up taking 1003 pictures in less than 24 hours. But it is not about quantity, in sum I think the pics were ok but nothing particular (except the pic of the MCPe).
I love photography, but the editing part back home did cost me some energy this time. I decided I need that new lens and I am to buy it possibly next month. One of my most favored motives are my "ambush portraits", people taken from the distance, ignored by the person being photographed. Too many of the pics fail I feel. I always curse the light, but a tele-lens with an image stabilizer would help a lot already.
At DoIt I have been told not to be so perfectionist about my pictures. I find it funny enough that I am perfectionist at all in something. On the other hand I know, that the best picture can be killed simply by not being presented appropriately. I always look for mistakes in my pics or things that one could have done better.
I always think about my motivation to take pictures. What does actually drive me? I don't know, but I think it is less taking pics of things as they are than rather showing the pics how I see them. I usually have an image of a person in my head and seek to catch that very kind of image with my camera, and am disappointed if I fail.
Lens or perfectionism, a good shot needs also a lot of luck. I am grateful for having so much of it when carrying my cam. It is about intuition and hitting the right moment (luck).
I wished I could say I have used the time of well being appropriately (eg. writing job applications) but in fact I just enjoyed being back to decent health. Over the weekend I attended LEAD, the election of the new MC for AIESEC in Switzerland. For once I did not go there to take pictures but to have a good time with friends - and ended up taking 1003 pictures in less than 24 hours. But it is not about quantity, in sum I think the pics were ok but nothing particular (except the pic of the MCPe).
I love photography, but the editing part back home did cost me some energy this time. I decided I need that new lens and I am to buy it possibly next month. One of my most favored motives are my "ambush portraits", people taken from the distance, ignored by the person being photographed. Too many of the pics fail I feel. I always curse the light, but a tele-lens with an image stabilizer would help a lot already.
At DoIt I have been told not to be so perfectionist about my pictures. I find it funny enough that I am perfectionist at all in something. On the other hand I know, that the best picture can be killed simply by not being presented appropriately. I always look for mistakes in my pics or things that one could have done better.
I always think about my motivation to take pictures. What does actually drive me? I don't know, but I think it is less taking pics of things as they are than rather showing the pics how I see them. I usually have an image of a person in my head and seek to catch that very kind of image with my camera, and am disappointed if I fail.
Lens or perfectionism, a good shot needs also a lot of luck. I am grateful for having so much of it when carrying my cam. It is about intuition and hitting the right moment (luck).
posted by Sabi at 11:07 PM
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