This was great, and something ai have struggled with myself. While learning the technical side of photographing it became a challenge to let go and shoot what moved me, all the while the photographs I loved weren’t technical masterpieces but full of emotion and feeling. Just recently after years of shooting I am intentionally leaning back into the emotional side of the craft and trying to focus on capturing the magic no matter the settings.
Thank you! I have always felt in a similar way to you. I have felt when I try to get too into the technical part of things I get bored and not creative. You need to know certain things, true, but also give room to experiment and explore your own ways.
And certainly resonate so much with your last argument. In a way I think I struggle to explain with words my thoughts, as you might see here, even tho I’m as avid reader, but visually I can do that better, in a way that’s is intuitive, which sometimes makes it hard to share things, when people ask, why did you do this or that…I feel like in the fear of that I just hold my work.
I loved reading this for many reasons! The photos caught my eye, as I was just at The Met on Thursday! Your writing is beautifully well said! I have a lot of these same internal thoughts, and I really struggle with all of the demand for explanations in any capacity! I love things that can simply just exist! 🤍
soooooo well put! eloquently put, more over! I do relate to this, so so so much!
btw, maybe unrelated, but to me it is directly so: this is sort of the thing which gets me annoyed every time I see/hear someone saying something about a photograph "telling a story".
Not all photographs tell a story! Not all sequences are worth following, or even connected!
Can't we appreciate a piece of art, be that a book, a film, a painting, a photograph, simply for what it makes us feel and where it transports us?
Really enjoyed this one. I especially like the sentiment of the last section, which is also consistent with the idea that if a photo (or painting or another piece of art) needs a caption then it probably didn’t fully succeed. All that said, I often find I enjoy discovering some context later - after I’ve formed my own impression. Especially in the case of music, but for photos, too. Sometimes it’s jarring, but often it adds something more, if only to reveal a bit about what I had assumed.
This was great, and something ai have struggled with myself. While learning the technical side of photographing it became a challenge to let go and shoot what moved me, all the while the photographs I loved weren’t technical masterpieces but full of emotion and feeling. Just recently after years of shooting I am intentionally leaning back into the emotional side of the craft and trying to focus on capturing the magic no matter the settings.
Love that, thanks for sharing
Thank you! I have always felt in a similar way to you. I have felt when I try to get too into the technical part of things I get bored and not creative. You need to know certain things, true, but also give room to experiment and explore your own ways.
And certainly resonate so much with your last argument. In a way I think I struggle to explain with words my thoughts, as you might see here, even tho I’m as avid reader, but visually I can do that better, in a way that’s is intuitive, which sometimes makes it hard to share things, when people ask, why did you do this or that…I feel like in the fear of that I just hold my work.
That’s the solution!!
“Art has the power to create a meeting point between the inner world of the artist and the inner world of the viewer.”
In an information-saturated world. Art bypasses noise and connects the soul of the artist with the soul of the viewer.
I loved reading this for many reasons! The photos caught my eye, as I was just at The Met on Thursday! Your writing is beautifully well said! I have a lot of these same internal thoughts, and I really struggle with all of the demand for explanations in any capacity! I love things that can simply just exist! 🤍
Nice!
Thank you for sharing, and for the audio.
soooooo well put! eloquently put, more over! I do relate to this, so so so much!
btw, maybe unrelated, but to me it is directly so: this is sort of the thing which gets me annoyed every time I see/hear someone saying something about a photograph "telling a story".
Not all photographs tell a story! Not all sequences are worth following, or even connected!
Can't we appreciate a piece of art, be that a book, a film, a painting, a photograph, simply for what it makes us feel and where it transports us?
Really enjoyed this one. I especially like the sentiment of the last section, which is also consistent with the idea that if a photo (or painting or another piece of art) needs a caption then it probably didn’t fully succeed. All that said, I often find I enjoy discovering some context later - after I’ve formed my own impression. Especially in the case of music, but for photos, too. Sometimes it’s jarring, but often it adds something more, if only to reveal a bit about what I had assumed.
Wholeheartedly agree. Trusting your intuition and understanding not to dilute it, is major.