what are your plans?

I've been planning for a while, now, to do a series of shots of my drive home from work. From a few nice corner stores to a modern freeway with a large curved sound barrier, there're some interesting shots. It's now just a matter of taking the time to work out the best light for each shot.

I've been recently shooting a lot of wrestling & mixed martial arts tournaments that a friend of mine has been in. This has led to me being asked to do a shoot of his junior class (photos in soon, guys), and I want to do some portraits of some guys he trains with, and him, too - great physiques, and interesting characters.

I guess here it's a case of finding something else that you're interested in, and combining it with photography. I can't tell you how many photos I've taken of old Datsun roadsters - some of them are actually half good photos! :)

Finally, I'll mention the monthly projects here - sometimes you can find yourself challenged to do a type of shot that you'd have never tried just to meet the needs of the project, and you end up pushing yourself. Some of my best photography has been directly a result of this kind of thing (mainly in the rec.photo.equipment.35mm newsgroup "shoot-in").

Hope these ideas help.

Cheers,
Steve
 
I have nothing in projects photography department as of now, I guess I should really get my A-into-G and start working now I've left university. But the post-grad application form is sitting my desk beside me half complete. Sure another two years of university would be fun... but do I really need a MFA in photography?

But in other plans the LF gear is going up for sale soon and proceeds going towards my DSLR with TS lens setup. Continue with the expansion of the darkroom and hone my toning skills some more (Tim Rudman's book is making me buy toners... help!). Also I'd like to get a set of non-T* lenses for my Hasselblad and of course as everybody has heard, me wants a 5cm Summicron.

Stu :)
 
I have a few ideas for larger scale projects, what I consider complete documentaries. The only problem is that these require lots of time and money to produce.

Today, after I completed the little make over of my website, I realized that the image I chose for the header contained my best subject: Montreal. Looking at the shots I chose for my site's gallery, it became more obvious. They are all pictures of the city and its inhabitants.

There are many reasons for this to be my best subject. One obvious reason is logistics. I live there so I don't need to plan for a trip. Another reason is that I really love that city. Those of you who visited might understand. another reason is the immense variety of subjects to be found here.

So, here's my plan: I'll document the city of Montreal in all its aspects as much as I can. I'll really try to find the time and energy between the professional shoots to burn at least a roll a week.

BTW, if anyone of you visits Montreal, let me know.
 
Fun, I remember having a conversation about this with Don while he was visiting Barcelona. The PAW thing is nice and helped me a lot, and in fact you always end with some sort of mini-series which can go from something so odd as abanoned drink cans :p to people walking, one of my favorites.

After those pics of craftsman on a local photo fair here, Don suggested me about that, and I'd really like the idea of doing some work about these 'forgotten' artists and their jobs in Catalonia or even the whole Spain.

Sometimes these jobs have got a wave of new interest and them being included in that fair was an example, other times unfortunately there's only one person in a small village doing that work and nobody's willing to continue with it, meaning it will be probably lost forever.

That said, I have a final degree project in front of me and the idea of leaving university and go find a 'real' job doesn't appeal too much to me, so if I can I'll try to apply for some staff / research position inside the uni and combine my photography with it.

EDIT: Curious how this thread seems to merge with the 'How did you take that picture?' one and the references to the excerpt I read yesterday from 'On being a photographer'...
 
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BTW, this thread prompted to get off my lazy arse and actually SHOOT something towards the "trip from work" idea.:p

Thanks!

Steve
 
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