Hi, > There is one thing I have wanted to do for a while, which I read in a > photographic magazine (but it takes a lot of doing). In the magazine > example, it was a tree in a field,
I know of a similar series - perhaps the same one. It is quite well known but I can't for the life of me think of who did it. It's a very nice series. > but I would like to do a local road - > maybe one with shops. The idea was to take a picture at the same location > with the same view every day at the same time for a year. I'm not sure I > could guarantee to do a year, but I will certain try a month and see how it > goes.... "Smoke" ! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114478/ http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/a/auster21.htm A friend and I have discussed an essay where we choose a fairly small location, and shoot it over a long(-ish) period of time. He is interested in nature and landscape photography and would choose a wood or small valley or something. This has a slightly larger scope than your suggestion, but it fits a similar pattern. The idea is to get to know a subject very well and show that through the photographs. I have found that I can put together quite a reasonable, coherent essay almost by accident just from photos I've been taking over the years of people living their lives and doing their thing along the riverside in Greenwich. > I still keep a fair bit of written observations of my slides, generally from > viewing them on the screen for the first time, rather than at the time of > taking (although if I have the digital camera I will note something at the > time to come back and record on slide film if I really like it). When I'm on deliberate photographic expeditions I keep a diary. I don't make notes about every frame, but I generally note down at least the date, place and film number when I change films. Then I may note people's names, my own observations about things etc. These are supposed to be used for captions, but I'm too damn lazy to write them after the event. Still, the notebooks are good memory-joggers years later. -- Cheers, Bob
