What I've Learned (or Rick, You !@#$%^&)

[kaiyen]

I have to agree with "the one who is stalked by celery." There is a difference between thinking too much, and not thinking at all. You have to think the right amount.

Even the loosest of photographic techniques I employ - from the hip shooting or blind shooting while trying to do street style stuff - I have to put a good amount of thought into it. Aperture, focus, and obviously I'm trying to aim at _something_.

Again, as celerystalksme said - even the choice of camera - even the choice of a crappy, relatively uncontrollable camera - those are still choices you make for a reason. Maybe the reason is a whim or an impulse, but that's also part of the artisitic process you have chosen for that outing/project. Maybe it's something much more involved.

allan

 

[Stephanie Brim]

How about this: you do it your way and I'll do it mine. We'll both get good images because we both know what we're doing.

But this is what *I* learned about *myself* and *my* photography: I work well when the only thinking I have to do is the initial preperation. I used minimal thought to do this bunch of photos because that's what I had time for. I was on my way to work, not on a two hour photo stroll. I had no idea if things would come out, either...this was the first time I'd ever used the camera and, because it's a piece of crap, I wasn't sure if I'd get ANYTHING other than darkness or lightleaks. Sometimes taking a chance is something you really need to do. If you don't want to, that's fine. Sometimes, though, it can open your eyes.