As a photographer I have to notice deeply, for if I didn't my images would suffer. And by no means am I perfect at this. However, I do view noticing deeply as my strongest trait. I have always felt as if I notice differently than others. Reflecting back to the time when I was a child I had to be aware of the things that where going on around me. This has given me much experience in observing and awareness. I believe that photography embodies the idea of seeing and my passion for it causes me to constantly be aware of the details of any and everything. It is through my photography that I utilize this gift that some could call a burden. Photography is my means of seeing and the way I invite others in on what I am noticing. Photography allows me to begin a dialogue that I am to scared of putting words too. With it my gift of noticing has lead me into a new series of work that when it came to the capacity sheet I was actually excited to reflect of my abilities as an artist with this sheet.Normally I would be terrified at rating myself but, my confidence is growing with each shot I take!
With this in mind lets now talk about what I am seeing as my weakest point ( all in all I want to state that I was shocked at my ratings I really thought long and hard and was honest with myself on my ratings and I got more 2's than I expected lol) but back to the point. The capacity that I feel that I need the most improvement on is embracing stillness as a breeding ground for ideas. The fact is that I get so freaked out if I haven't shot in a while and start to to feel as if I am not an artist if I am not shooting everyday, but thats a flat out lie! And I know this now yet I still have a lot of self talking to do with myself on those periods that I am not shooting. However in the last breeding ground is were I found the smoke series, so with this I take comfort. Furthermore improving this weakness also allows me to further strengthen another low rated capacity of journaling.
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