{"id":515,"date":"2024-10-16T14:25:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T12:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/?p=515"},"modified":"2024-10-17T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T09:17:47","slug":"i-may-be-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/i-may-be-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"I may be wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The way I think about things is that I write down what I think I think about something, then argue with myself over it as I tweak the text, until I agree with myself and I find no more changes to make. I’ve done that since I was in high school, when I discovered I liked writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have terrible writing. I normally type instead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

When it comes to photography, I started it in about 2003 purely from the aesthetic viewpoint: I wanted to take pretty pictures. Whatever that was. So I started reading about photography and take photos. They weren’t good and I didn’t know what I was doing. I didn’t even understand basic principles at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 2005, I had taken about 50,000 photos with my 350D and I started to notice a pattern in how I did it and what they looked like. Without knowing it I had developed my style. And that got me thinking: are my photos any good? What is a good photo? Why do I take photos? How do I read photos? What do I get from other people’s photos?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I started photography again in the last few months after years of hiatus, I’ve decided to answer these questions. And since I’m going to write things down, I might as well share it with the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not that I think my opinion matters or I’m right. I may well be wrong in what I think. I haven’t been trained in photography, I haven’t studied famous photographers. And I haven’t exchanged on the subject with anyone. These are my thoughts in isolation and they might not translate to anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know where I’m going with this. I might write 3 notes or hundreds. I might have a lot to say, or very little. Time will tell. I’m in for the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#Photography #PhotographyTheory #Writing #Theory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The way I think about things is that I write down what I think I think about something, then argue with myself over it as I tweak the text, until I agree with myself and I find no more changes to make. I’ve done that since I was in high school, when I discovered I … <\/p>\n

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