this one: Keith Cooper Stuck for photography inspiration?
I "struggle" with the topic of the video quite a bit, as I wrote in the comment section "I have come to the conclusion that I am probably on the flats, as you call them, more often than actually photographing, so I had the blinding flash of the obvious in regards to my photography that I am a period photographer, the cameras lay about, I fiddle with them inside the house, and then put them away. And then, bang, onto a shooting bender I go. I am meditating on this topic quite a bit these days, so this video is a proper boost for me, and asks some questions I hadn't phrased for myself before you pushed them." So I find this to be rather in the grove, so to speak. I dont have a solution yet, but am somewhat close to identify some sort of "problem" description for myself.
In an earlier post in the forum in the Minimalism and abstract tread, I wrote "I have never explored the "art" side of photography as such but have worked on the documentation side of things, a bit of freelance work and some Press and Information officer (PIO) stuff on and off back in the 90s early 00s, as well as other information/documentation things of the same ilk.
So working without assignments/directions is somewhat that I want/need to harness, I have had some thoughts about writing a post in the "Photography Chat" sub-forum on this, hoping to raise a discussion on the topic." and that still stands, and the ponderings continue, but I find the process and the problem interesting.
Any others with parallel experiences?
I think its a topic worthy of discussion, and best of all, its not about gear (somewhat).
I "struggle" with the topic of the video quite a bit, as I wrote in the comment section "I have come to the conclusion that I am probably on the flats, as you call them, more often than actually photographing, so I had the blinding flash of the obvious in regards to my photography that I am a period photographer, the cameras lay about, I fiddle with them inside the house, and then put them away. And then, bang, onto a shooting bender I go. I am meditating on this topic quite a bit these days, so this video is a proper boost for me, and asks some questions I hadn't phrased for myself before you pushed them." So I find this to be rather in the grove, so to speak. I dont have a solution yet, but am somewhat close to identify some sort of "problem" description for myself.
In an earlier post in the forum in the Minimalism and abstract tread, I wrote "I have never explored the "art" side of photography as such but have worked on the documentation side of things, a bit of freelance work and some Press and Information officer (PIO) stuff on and off back in the 90s early 00s, as well as other information/documentation things of the same ilk.
So working without assignments/directions is somewhat that I want/need to harness, I have had some thoughts about writing a post in the "Photography Chat" sub-forum on this, hoping to raise a discussion on the topic." and that still stands, and the ponderings continue, but I find the process and the problem interesting.
Any others with parallel experiences?
I think its a topic worthy of discussion, and best of all, its not about gear (somewhat).
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