I always take a studied look at everything I shoot immediately upon processing/downloading. I learned a long time ago not to throw things out because of an initial feeling my expectations were not meant. I've sometimes found that the image stands on its own when I'm further from the moment. BTW, at what point can you bring yourself to throw out thousand of envelopes of prints/negatives/slides/CD's that you're certain will never again be tussled through? I consider it a kindness not to leave the job and its attendant guilt to my survivors.
Jack --- On Mon, 10/6/08, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Philosophy > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 12:44 PM > 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 > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
