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I have picked up my camera again. I suppose that this is stating the obvious. It's good to be taking photos once more. I am good about taking many pictures, many different ways, of the things I truly want - so that some of them will work and I will learn from the ones that didn't. But I am only good about it in some senses; other times, I take several but they follow all my usual patterns. Tick-tick-tick. Good for good photos, not so good for learning or experimentation.
Then again, the fundamental aspect of photography is not so much the picture - technical skill is important but one can turn out image after image that is technically perfect and meaningless - but the eye. It has to be informed, of course, by what the camera can do and what will look good in a photograph (the spread of stars in a country sky is a glorious sight, but it is not one that my present camera will ever convey properly, I don't believe - certainly not in my hands and at my skill).
At the moment, I am mostly taking photos because there are photos to take. I found 26 things and hoped to use it for inspiration but, after some attempts, I must say I find their list not so inspirational - I tend to forget what is on it and that is not very helpful. Neither am I fired by or interested in most of the topics. I may try one of the older lists, since there's nothing to stop me from doing so. I like some of those better.
Or perhaps I'll simply go on trying to take photos in new and interesting ways, asking myself how I could look at things differently.
Speaking of looking at things differently, I think I need to find my bizarre-perspective shot of the lower falls at Multnomah Falls and add it to the Flickr photos.
Then again, the fundamental aspect of photography is not so much the picture - technical skill is important but one can turn out image after image that is technically perfect and meaningless - but the eye. It has to be informed, of course, by what the camera can do and what will look good in a photograph (the spread of stars in a country sky is a glorious sight, but it is not one that my present camera will ever convey properly, I don't believe - certainly not in my hands and at my skill).
At the moment, I am mostly taking photos because there are photos to take. I found 26 things and hoped to use it for inspiration but, after some attempts, I must say I find their list not so inspirational - I tend to forget what is on it and that is not very helpful. Neither am I fired by or interested in most of the topics. I may try one of the older lists, since there's nothing to stop me from doing so. I like some of those better.
Or perhaps I'll simply go on trying to take photos in new and interesting ways, asking myself how I could look at things differently.
Speaking of looking at things differently, I think I need to find my bizarre-perspective shot of the lower falls at Multnomah Falls and add it to the Flickr photos.
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