Comfort zone

... true, I'm probably yearning for John Majors evocation of the 50s while listening to Jeremy Hunt talking bollocks on Question Time ...

... but I would contend that there was a time in the UK's mixed economy post war past when we recognised value in things that didn't involve their cost

The idea that I need to follow someone else's advice and get out of my comfort zone presuppose that we share an ethos and ethic, and that I'm incapable of motivating myself without recourse to some cheap slogans that sound to have come from a second-rate business motivation day ... it, and its like have no place in a creative area, like telling Benjamin Britten he was wasting his time walking on the beach in the afternoons
Dear Stewart,

Ah, yes, the warm maiden aunts...

There seems to me to be an increasing movement against the cash nexus -- which, after all, philosophers have been decrying for a very long time. The rot set in with people misinterpreting Adam Smith; things improved greatly between about 1945 and 1977; and then went abruptly down hill with the rise of the influence of the Chicago School. I think we may be seeing the end of neo-liberalism -- the latest RSA journal is very interesting, and if you've not heard the most recent Thinking Allowed I'd recommend you try it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03h428y

As for the third para, I couldn't agree more. "Getting out of your comfort zone" is indeed one of those phrases like "thinking out of the box". See also Newsbiscuit's http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2013/11/...robust-and-rigorous-once-to-often-bludgeoned/ -- "Manager at Powerpoint presentation says ‘Robust’ and ‘Rigorous’ once too often. . . . the entire meeting rose as one and used, chairs, notepads, danish pastries, complementary bowls of mints and flip-charts to bludgeon the speaker into merciful oblivion."

Cheers,

R.
 
... no, I missed Thinking Allowed last week, a busy week so I've a bit to catch up on while not listening to The Archers and that bloody Listening Project next week, that link looks quite interesting though

As for the second link I can only hope council can make a go of Justifiable Homicide, or Manslaughter due to the victims diminished responsibility ... I'm proud that I never put any of my staff through that sort of thing, the promise of bacon sandwiches or creme pastries always seemed to motivate my people well enough anyway.
 
No question at all that a photograph of the back of a head can be excellent, and done for a purpose.

However, I think over 99% of them are taken because of a fear of shooting in a way in which the photographer might be noticed.

I'm guilty of it, not for street photography as I don't really do that, but I've seen cool city scenes which would require me to be in the middle of a road at night with a tripod. A traffic island meant that I would be safe from cars, but not from people pointing and staring. It's also laziness too of course, and the general discomfort of travelling into a city at night.



I often read that as a derogatory comment in "street photography" talk.

Yet I've seen some photos with the back of people's head that just blew my mind. Because the back of the head is positioned or used very effectively within the composition, and the rest of the image tells a very interesting story or perspective.

At the same time, I've seen countless "front of people's heads" (a.k.a faces) photos that bored me to tears.

So my point is, the individual component of a composition does not matter as long as the composition itself is carefully and creatively put together. And to me, this is what makes "candid" or "street" photography so fascinating because the photographer does not have control over the subject other than timing and positioning.
 
Dear Stewart,

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-- the latest RSA journal is very interesting, and if you've not heard the most recent Thinking Allowed I'd recommend you try it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03h428y

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R.

... a frustrating assessment all round ... and the more so presented as an analysis of others (it doesn't seem proper to shout at an academic on the wireless) ... the idea that Marx is correct but we haven't had big enough bust to reveal neoliberalism's New Clothes rather depressing

I shall read some of that Philip Miroeski (sp) ideas, and who pays him to hold them 🙂
 
I think the advice to "get out of your comfort zone" is usually given when someone isn't satisfied with the results they are currently getting or more growth is necessary.
 
... is one ever satisfied with their work? I've never been, have you?

I guess you have a point. However, when in the middle of a project you have to decide if you want to keep going or scrap it and do something different. I have felt good enough about my work to keep going on certain projects I've been working on for 4-5 years now. That said, of course I keep striving to get better and the longer you do it, the more stringent you become in your editing. I agree it's a process that never quite ends, but you can be happy with your current direction.
 
I guess you have a point. However, when in the middle of a project you have to decide if you want to keep going or scrap it and do something different. I have felt good enough about my work to keep going on certain projects I've been working on for 4-5 years now. That said, of course I keep striving to get better and the longer you do it, the more stringent you become in your editing. I agree it's a process that never quite ends, but you can be happy with your current direction.

... in my profesional life, if it's good enough for the customer and better than my competitors I keep going ...

... in my amateur work I start again, if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing twice, as they say and either way I'm never satisfied; one would need a pretty impoverished imagination not to see their own shortcomings
 
Comfort zone for macros.
Stop using tripod and MF. Get lens with IS, switch AF to Servo.
This is where insects life on macro begins.

Comfort zone for street.
Leave at home your DSLR and tele lens bundle which you use to take people backs from great distance.
Get Oly XA, get close to people, point and shot.
This is how street photography begins. 🙂
 
Roger -- just read this thread. You're stuck, poor man, in a world where no one uses almost meaningless cliches. "Comfort zone" being in it out of it approaching it by helicopter whatever, it means whatever the inarticulate soul who's used the phrase at that moment wants it to mean, including ALL the definitions you've seen here plus your own. Your inquiry is similar to one I'm always asking myself when on a bus or subway in NY and I hear that I shouldn't forget my "personal belongings." I can't tell my personal belongings from my official? Professional? Impersonal? belongings, and I end up feeling anxious until I've disembarked and found some new outrage to unsettle me.
 
Roger -- just read this thread. You're stuck, poor man, in a world where no one uses almost meaningless cliches. "Comfort zone" being in it out of it approaching it by helicopter whatever, it means whatever the inarticulate soul who's used the phrase at that moment wants it to mean, including ALL the definitions you've seen here plus your own. Your inquiry is similar to one I'm always asking myself when on a bus or subway in NY and I hear that I shouldn't forget my "personal belongings." I can't tell my personal belongings from my official? Professional? Impersonal? belongings, and I end up feeling anxious until I've disembarked and found some new outrage to unsettle me.
Dear Vince,

A very fair point except that you can guess what "personal belongings" means: I assume that the f***wit who invented the phrase "personal belongings" thought it sounded more official and important than just "belongings". "Getting out of your comfort zone" is however presented as something clever and dynamic which distinguishes the getter-out from all the poor souls who merely decide what to do, and then try to do it properly.

Cheers,

R.
 
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