Happy Sunday! Summer is just around the corner (I think it was the first day of summer in Providence the other day) and I wanted to use this breath of fresh air and sun to give you some great ideas on some practical and pragmatic ideas on street photography:
Studying physics is good to think about motive or motivating force, which set things, bodies and stuff into motion. Similarly, we can consider the same in artistic composition.
I am very excited to share the newest documentary film by Cindy, titled: “Velcro Shoes”. The film is based on an essay she wrote “The Slow Undoing of Velcro Shoes“.
If we just wanted the hands-down fastest and most powerful car, Tesla is obviously the answer. But if we want something more ‘sculpture’ and unique in design, perhaps we want something else?
Then begs the question:
What do we really want … more power, ore more sculpture/design/form/beauty?
Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war, and more worthy of relation than any that had proceeded it.
Apple Photos (default app on Mac) is far faster and simpler and more streamlined than Adobe Lightroom. I also really like using the favorite heart icon in the Touch Bar (top left), or the rotate function in Touch Bar. This actually is very good!
Society tells you there you’re not good enough, that you’re not worthy. You’re born a sinner, etc.
What if you’re fine just the way you are? What if to even change yourself is an impossibility, and not a desired thing. What if your greatest “weaknesses†were actually your greatest strengths?
If you’re hungry to take your street photography to the next level, I cordially invite you to my new Advanced Street Photography Composition Workshop (May 30th, 2020) from 12-2pm Eastern Time. This is your unique opportunity to elevate your composition to new heights!
We have been taught for so long that the only legitimate memories and thoughts are the conscious ones. The logical ones. But what if subconscious thinking and thoughts and actions were as legitimate, if not MORE legitimate than ‘rational’ and “willed” thought?
The wrong thought is that humans are naturally lazy and want to maximize our laziness. The truth is actually:
We desire more difficult challenges, newer sights, and new challenges to challenge us. Having an epic goal in life which we can aim at, and strive to overcome … this is the maximal joy in life!
Dear friends, during COVID-19 things might be hard to stay motivated in your photography. Some simple ideas to get you going:
Photographic barbell: Spend time looking at your old photos and also shooting new photos. Looking at your old photos will re-spark your passion and motivation for photography!
Cross-pollinate: Cross-pollination in photography is this: Study old-school artists (Renaissance painters, etc) and figure out how you can ‘steal’ their techniques approaches, etc to re-spark your passion, and creative vision for photography.
Shoot with a new filter during covid-19. For example, I am enjoying cross-processing filter on my Ricoh gr III camera, which I know in the future will date my images in a creative way. I will look back at these old photos and remember: “Wow, I remember what it was like living through Covid-19! Filters are a good way to document your life journey.
When it comes to aesthetics in photography, are we trying to make it as real to real life as possible, or as divorced from real life as possible, and why?
