Letting Go – Part Two
August 17, 2010In the first part of this series I wrote about having fun, and that if you are not having fun what's the point of even picking up that camera that's there beside you. Today, boredom rears it's ugly head. Lately I'm going through the motions. I'll pick up the camera, go stand in front of a wall, and bang out a photo. It's too hot here in Mississippi to go outside, so I'm confined to this small space trying to eke out another turd to upload to Flickr. And let me interject, if you're wanting to read a ... read more
The Amazing Misadventures of a So-Called Wedding Photographer
July 7, 2010"I have shot four weddings, I have shot four weddings." As I sat down to type up this blog that you may or may not be reading, I kept telling myself that. Me, a "photographer" with just two and a half years of experience under my belt has provided four couples with photos that they will keep for a lifetime...or until the divorce. You too can provide couples with lasting memories! All for one special low price, we have prepared the premiere wedding photography course for you, the novice photographer! All joking aside, this stuff is ... read more
Letting Go
June 11, 2010At some point this stopped being fun. Not just this blog, but the entire photographic process. Before I go any further, think about that first sentence for a minute. A hobby that became turned into passion isn't fun anymore. It had gotten tedious and trying. Like any relationship that grows stagnant, it was time to let it go. I abandoned my 365 for the tenth time, I stopped posting at the blog, and I stopped leaving comments for my contacts at Flickr. Every article I read about photography was about being creative ... read more
Photographers: Take Notice
May 11, 2010As a photographer, you are not an artist. As a photographer, you are merely documenting life and other peoples works of art. As a photographer, you do not create art, you do not create anything, you simply take pictures of what others have created, including God's creations. Photographers, you are not artists because you do not create. It's best to think of yourselves more of a historian, just documenting what has already been done. I'd like you to stop here, go back, read that paragraph above one more time, this time think about it as ... read more
Photography: For Money or Love?
April 30, 2010Photography. Why did you start taking photos? What do you hope to get from the act of being a "photographer"? The first question is easy to answer for most of us. You may have bought a camera to capture your child's first step. It could have been because you needed to grab some extra credits in college and though photography would be an easy kick to your GPA. Maybe you picked up a National Geographic as a child and were drawn in by the pictures? The second question is often a lot harder to answer, as some ... read more
Before You Hit the Street
April 22, 2010Shortly after I arrived in Los Angeles, I got in my little purple car and started driving around this behemoth of a city. On the afternoon I'm recalling, I didn't have time enough to head down to the beach, nor to go to the really vibrant East LA neighborhoods that I scouted the week before. But there's a little stretch on Fairfax that is "Little Ethiopia" -- colorful, good eats, and not terribly far from my place. So I headed that way. I got out and started to shoot --- but I felt really uncomfortable. Which ... read more
Reassessment of Skills
April 16, 2010As your read this, I'm probably on the road, heading to New Orleans for a Flickr meet with some people, including my fellow contributor Brad. This will be my second trip to New Orleans, last March we took the same trip, with the same group of people. Other than the rain, it was a great trip. In preparation for the adventure ahead, I went and pulled my archives from last year. I took over 700 pictures that weekend and as I looked through the images I realized at how bad most of them were. A few ... read more
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