Interesting thoughts, John. I think there's something in this idea.
I've certainly got a number of images that I worked on not long after taking them and I wonder now what I saw in them. But conversely, I've noticed that when I review older images some time later (even a couple of years later), I often find images that I had previously overlooked but which now seem to have something to offer. I don't know if I could defer working on a new batch of images for any length of time after taking them but it's definitely worth reviewing the archive from time to time. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:44:30 -0700, "John Celio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Back when I was an art student and was in my first photography class, my > professor (Alice Shaw, www.aliceshaw.com) was giving a slide show about > famous fine art photographers and their creative processes. > > One photographer she mentioned, whose name I wish I could remember, > would take photos and process the film, but not look at the negatives > for about a year. This would help to remove sentimental attachments he > might have with the images and allow him to more objectively select > photos to print. This struck me as a very good idea, especially since I > always feel immensely sentimental about things I create, even if they're > bad. > > So, while I have been slowly rebuilding my website's gallery since last > winter, I've been trying to apply this philosophy to my own work. I > have been taking lots of photos this year, but not really doing anything > with them (aside from a few exceptions, such as the birth of my nephew). > Working with photos that I took in college and after has helped me see > just how bad some of the photos are that I used to think were great. > It's difficult to resist the temptation to work on this year's photos, > but I keep telling myself it'll be worth it in the long run. > > What sort of philosphy do you have when working with your photos, both > old and new? > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely differentÂ… -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
