Personal photography
Having no time for much today, I couldn’t go out to take photos until it was too dark. I had to limit myself to taking a few shots on my way back from work.
I liked the scene below near the office because of the symmetry of the 3 posts, the bicycles on the signs on both sides, the cyclist coming into view.
If you’re serious about photography, at some point the question will need to be addressed: should you become a professional?
My time is insane every time I come to Oslo. I’ve been running behind in meetings again and it took me all day to manage to finish a 20 minutes job (and that’s after being in the office by 08:30 to try to get some time to do work). I had to wait until tonight to have any time to take photos (even lunch was a work lunch).
Work having started (that’s why I’m in Oslo after all), things have been seriously hectic today.
It’s Sunday. It’s still rainy in Oslo. It really feels like I travelled from summer to November in a day.
Toot! Toot! I’m traveling to Oslo this week.
You’re at the doctor’s for a scheduled appointment. It’s heaving. Even more than usual. Apparently, the temporary secretary doesn’t know how to manage bookings and she books too many people at once. So what do you do? You take photos at the surgery of course!
Switching to monochrome has changed how I see photography from the conceptual viewpoint, but also from the process viewpoint.
Lately I’ve been curious about medium format. I like the look and I like the 6×6 format. Unfortunately for me, I’ve never shot film. But that shouldn’t stop me, should it?
I never followed trends. Still don’t. The branded trainers, the tribal colours, the group signalling that consumed my schoolmates meant nothing to me (still doesn’t, I don’t wear brands). While they sorted themselves into neat categories of belonging, I couldn’t be bothered allocating brain resources to such nonsense. I cared that my parents bought me shoes, not which logo was on them. I wanted one decent friend to talk with, not membership in whatever faction was fashionable that term.
