- sometimes a photographer has no choice: nobody wants to see my rugby photos next week when the match was today;
- revisiting old photos, yes, it is a good practice. i don't know why, i have no explanation but i like to revisit the photos of people and to much the landscape ones.
I haven’t answered the second question because the answer is sometimes the first, sometimes the second and sometimes both. But it’s always a good idea to revisit your photos a few days, months and years later. I often see something new, or my approach to editing has changed, or they fit into a theme which hadn’t considered when they were first taken.
Same goes for me. That's also the reason I never delete any photo. Sometimes years after taking it, I start to like it. A previous mentor of mine claimed: "If you don't like a photo, you are not ready for it yet."
yes, good point Andrew! I think @Stella Kallaw wrote about this a couple of weeks ago and we discussed how we look at our previous work in different ways as we grow as individuals and photographers.
Maybe I will! They are photos of the Ismaeli Centre in Kensington which may fit into a series I'm developing on Post-Modernist architecture. Although I'm not sure if it qualifies despite it being built in the 80s.
I often take so many that I have to leave it a few weeks before I air them in public. I enjoy the editing process so am happy to deliberate over this, unless they're for work.
Very interesting questions, Marcel. I never thought viewfinder or screen framing mattered to the final image but I guess it does for each of us as it is part of our own process.
For the end result it does not matter that much I guess, it's all in the process. I was a viewfinder fan, but in recent years - after buying the Ricoh GR - I'm a fan of framing via the screen.
to add at what Andrew said:
- sometimes a photographer has no choice: nobody wants to see my rugby photos next week when the match was today;
- revisiting old photos, yes, it is a good practice. i don't know why, i have no explanation but i like to revisit the photos of people and to much the landscape ones.
I haven’t answered the second question because the answer is sometimes the first, sometimes the second and sometimes both. But it’s always a good idea to revisit your photos a few days, months and years later. I often see something new, or my approach to editing has changed, or they fit into a theme which hadn’t considered when they were first taken.
Same goes for me. That's also the reason I never delete any photo. Sometimes years after taking it, I start to like it. A previous mentor of mine claimed: "If you don't like a photo, you are not ready for it yet."
I like that quote from your mentor. Very good.
yes, good point Andrew! I think @Stella Kallaw wrote about this a couple of weeks ago and we discussed how we look at our previous work in different ways as we grow as individuals and photographers.
Yes. Only last night I stumbled across photos from 2018 which had been neglected but now show promise.
Amazing, will you share them with us?
Maybe I will! They are photos of the Ismaeli Centre in Kensington which may fit into a series I'm developing on Post-Modernist architecture. Although I'm not sure if it qualifies despite it being built in the 80s.
Fascinating! I thought Post-Modernism continued in some sort of way until today.
I’m not sure what the current ism we are in. I’m no architectural historian - I’m learning about it as I take photos!
...and thanks for suggesting @Stella Kallaw. Started subscribing.
Exactly, we all develop and therefor also our taste
I often take so many that I have to leave it a few weeks before I air them in public. I enjoy the editing process so am happy to deliberate over this, unless they're for work.
And by 'many' you mean lots of different photos or do you take several shots of one subject?
different photos mostly. I've worked hard over the last few years not to take 300 photos of the same scene!
Great. Thought so.
Very interesting questions, Marcel. I never thought viewfinder or screen framing mattered to the final image but I guess it does for each of us as it is part of our own process.
For the end result it does not matter that much I guess, it's all in the process. I was a viewfinder fan, but in recent years - after buying the Ricoh GR - I'm a fan of framing via the screen.