Forum: Photography


Subject: Focus on discipline..trained, learned, part of you? why shoot what you do?

TomDart opened this issue on May 23, 2006 · 28 posts


Punaguy posted Thu, 25 May 2006 at 10:34 PM

Very kewl thread with many interesting views. For me it's what ever strikes me while out on a shoot. Sometimes I have pre-conceived ideas on a location that I might want to shoot, but on the way there something might catch my eye and I never make it to my intended destination. That use to kind of annoy me that I would so easily be distracted, like I had A.D.D. or something. But to my surprise some of my best stuff has been shot unexpectedly because I strayed from my original plan. I've come to realize that I need to pay more attention to times like this and not feel guilty about straying off my intended course. Some how by following my basic instincts rather than staying on the beaten path, you can develope your own style and find what you really want to shoot.

Of course not everything we shoot is going to be framed and adored by everyone. But it will reflect what we have a passion for. For me the passion is photography as I see it happening before my eyes, not knowing what I will shoot is part of the high for me....getting the shot right as I have seen it is my reward. I can't really tie myself down to one genre, everything is fair game to me...and that's how I like it!!


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