I imagine that all of us who develop an artistic activity tend to certain whims, certain manias and obsessions that make us a little strange in the eyes of all those who do not share our tastes and our love.
I must admit that photographers, seen from the outside, are a little curious, and the more you specialize in something worse, just look at us risking our lives at dusk by jumping on the mountain, ready to go cold all night. to take a picture of the stars.
- Not to mention the anxiety we feel at a photographic scene if we leave the camera at home.
- How we disconnect from our partner’s conversation when we see an interesting light.
- Or how suddenly we can be seen crawling on the ground or perched on a tree.
- To have a different perspective.
Yes, sometimes we do a little weird things and, like everyone else, we have our particular confessions, our obsessions and our whims, today I come to share them with you, I don’t know if they will be yours or if they have ever done so. It has been, because obsessions, like everything else, evolve. I’ve had some and I’ve healed, others are new and others, of course, are coming.
I hope that we will do an exercise of empathy together, that we share peculiarities, that places like the Photographer’s Blog make us feel less alone in our personal madness :-). I’m on my way.
Oh, the team! It only takes one book of obsessions on its own, between the type of consumer and the type of care of the computer, could multiple volumes be written?
Often these differences are rare or imperceptible to us when it comes to working and there is also often a lot of price difference between the new and the old, so it is important to wonder if the less new model meets our expectations to save us a good pinch since we can invest in other types of photographic equipment as a good goal.
Another obsession that returns to many photographers is composition, and above all the rules of composition.
And if you don’t have to focus, what if the rule of thirds, and whether the law of the horizon, the lines, the visual weight, the negative space and many other concepts?Yes, what you need to know, yes, that they have an explanation and that yes, you have to know how to apply.
But it is also true that when they become an obsession, we lose spontaneity and they can condition and classify our creativity, my advice?Whether you’re yourself, use the concepts you learn as one more tool, sometimes you need them and sometimes you don’t, and never give up your own style to follow the rules.
I always say that if we followed all the rules to the letter, art would still be, wouldn’t we have Picasso, not Pollock, not Miro, not Warhol, not Queen?So learn the language so you can write for yourself.
Another curious obsession I’ve seen a lot when we learn is the need to know how this was done with a somewhat exorbitant intensity, surely if you haven’t had it, you’ve seen many photographers wonder how you took the photo. , with what aperture, with which lens, at what speed, ISO or camera?
Sometimes we think that to get a photo like the one we see we only need to copy the settings, when in the long run you realize that the settings you are trying to copy is not very useful if you are in another time, with a different camera, a different light?
They influence millions of things and whether it’s good to look at them to, for example, see the relationship between an opening and a blur or that of a shutter speed and the freezing (or not) of movement, I think they should serve you. Just for that.
I guess it’s somehow related to the previous point and I guess it’s also very much related to everyone’s personal interests, because you’re not wrong, it’s good, very good indeed, to learn techniques that help you have more photographic tools, but the technique should only be one more tool left. You mustn’t let it kill your creativity or give you frustration. These are the points where there are often more obsessions in photographic technique.
I’m afraid it’s a difficult obsession to combat, but does it end up being very harmful if you don’t learn to control it, if instead of taking pictures we become obsessed with the perfect photo, we miss many opportunities, magical moments, wonderful lights, different frames?
It is normal to be demanding with yourself, but not at the cost of making leisure an unattainable challenge Many times the photos are imperfect?Are they the ones we love the most, the ones who breathe the most lives and the ones who give us the most joy?
And remember, there’s no worse picture than the one you didn’t take
Social media is a very powerful double-edged sword. Well used or designed, they can be wonderful. They allow you to share your work, your skills, create a community, discover a lot of interesting information, etc. Have you met them yet?
Now it’s easy to give them more importance than they actually have, living on suspense and expecting people like people you don’t know who don’t even know if they’re real, constantly waiting for the approval of others.
Don’t obsess, believe in yourself, take the comments for what they are, comment and keep it true. If you like a photo that’s not half the size you expected?What’s going on? Absolutely nothing. Photography is your thing, are you the one who should be proud of what you post, what you do, that what you don’t want or don’t want never makes you lose sight of the north?
Remember that it’s you and just you, and that it’s very good to be inspired, to take ideas, but to constantly compare, copy, or want?Be as good as? At all costs it will only bring you frustration.
Gradually, with practice and determination, are you likely to end up being?As good as? Or better, but in your own way, have fun and be yourself.
Does this one also drive us crazy, photographers? We talk to someone and suddenly an incredible light comes out of us, we abandon everything we do and run in front of the knocked out face (or laugh or anger, depending on the person) of the person who accompanies us.
It is an obsession with the good but remember that all kinds of light can book a good photo, do not stop taking photos because it is not the perfect manual light of a sunrise or sunset. Photos can be taken 24 hours a day, so don’t miss your chance ?.
Here are some little hobbies or obsessions I admit to having. I’m saying we all have our own, right?
And so far today’s obsessions, you also have a good amount and I hope to see them in the comments, but before you tell us, could you share this article so that it reaches as many photographers as possible to make them smile?much and until next time.