I can't believe it! The school year is already here. I'm looking forward to a semester full of classes and a job somewhere as well. I have 27 hours of class time, almost a full-time job. All of my classes are photography classes, so hopefully I should have some great artwork to post before the end of the semester. My ideas for color photography include abstractions of night scenes. There's some large format work in the pipeline as well. Possible options for my other classes include self portraits, fake science fiction stills, found objects/scenes, or anything else I happen to think of that strikes my fancy. I find that it's good for me to just get out there and take some pictures, and the ideas will follow. It just helps to get out there; similar to writing anything in a notebook when you have writer's block.
I find that the more I think about my artwork beyond the technical aspects, the more blocked the flow of inspiration becomes. Unfortunatly, some of that thinking includes doubting and second-guessing. But soon I'll be out of the dorm and off shooting again. I think vision, inspiration , and emotion are the most important parts of any photographer's tool box. Without that, the artwork fails to move people and connect with them. In my opinion, better to have some lukewarm negatives shot than none at all. Anyway, thanks for listening to my pep talk! It's as much for me as it is for anyone else who seems to be temporarily stricken with photographer's blcok.
A Walk in the Park
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