{"id":121844,"date":"2018-12-12T20:50:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T04:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=121844"},"modified":"2018-12-12T20:50:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T04:50:30","slug":"shoot-first-think-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/12\/shoot-first-think-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot First, Think Later."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Anti portfolio-focus in photography?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Huawei P20 Pro. Processed with VSCO with a6 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Don’t seek to make new photos to add to your portfolio. Instead, treat photography like play. Just keep shooting photos, in the spirit of fun, experimentation and play!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why shooting on a phone is so fun<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We all want to make strong photographs. Yet, this is the problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot determine whether your photograph is strong or not until after you shoot it.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It is very rare you make a great photograph. Even rarer that you can make a photograph so strong that you can add it to your portfolio.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we go out and shoot photos, we shoot to make that new portfolio worthy photograph.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What often happens is that we end up becoming disappointed too easily, because once again, the chance of you making a good photograph happens very rarely. Maybe once a month.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But can you predict when you’re going to get that 1 good photograph a month? Of course not! We must shoot in order to find out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Huawei p20 Pro. Processed with VSCO with a6 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thus this is my simple idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoot first, and figure out what to do with your photographs later.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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This will keep you motivated to keep shooting! Because the point of photography and art is to keep making art until you die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is no “final destination” in your photography or art. You’re constantly in a state of becoming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thus, don’t worry about your portfolio so much, and also don’t worry so much whether you’re making “good” photos or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just keep shooting, have fun, and figure out what to do with your photos later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoot on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n