I have a philosophy of photography that may seem like a weak excuse for bad photography, but that's not really the case.
I have a lower standard of exclusion for photos, particularly when the photo captures a moment that can't be recreated. So blurry, under or over exposed, they may all be kept, partly out of a sense of history and anthropology.
Another type of photo that I'll keep is one that due to its digital nature, has something that may be useful in some respect. It is the failures and limitations of this medium that may be the source of more creative outcomes.
I have a snapshot influenced style, and finally the technology is available to me to fully realize what I want to do. I tend to take candid shots of people, and take my little camera into places that more professional gear either can't, or negatively influences the results. I take lots of fast shots (I recently was in a very photogenic venue and took over 600 shots in an hour). I like taking so many shots, not simply out of a desire to compensate for bad photography (although there is some of that, I'll admit), but also because I don't want the photography to be a completely separate activity in my life. Keeping a camera in my pocket whenever possible, wherever I go, contributes to me making some great shots without slowing me down much. All of these factors have been hugely beneficial to my productive creativity.
- JoinedMay 2005
- OccupationStudent / Revolutionary
- Current cityKansas City
- CountryUSA
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Dave shoots at the sort of stuff I shoot at. Except for people. He shoots people I haven't shot and vice versa. After being shot once, people tend to be leery and avoid being shot again. It's weird how that works.
David 'i think fucked up shit' Goth