Oh, I can’t wait until I’m old enough to feel ways about stuff.
As part of my shutter resolution I have doubled the size of my RSS subscriptions to include feeds from portraits, candids, photo-journalism and wedding blogs, tutorials and everything in between. One common message I keep reading is to ask yourself what is the purpose of my photo. Remember the subject and be clear on the story you are trying to tell.
I have never felt that my photos tell more than where I am or what I was doing so I find capturing emotion or making a story unfold in a picture challenging. Now when I find a picture that strikes an emotional chord with me I appreciate it more because their art affected me and I want to learn how to achieve the same.
I start things off with Days With My Father. This photo album has been around for a while but the message and emotional impact is still very strong. The photos are accompanied by a story, but in most cases words are not necessary and I find the whole piece very moving.
I am amazed by how human triumph, suffering and devastation can be captured and the photos compiled by the Big Picture from Haiti are worth viewing, but the photo set that inspired this post was Todd Heisler’s “Final Salute”.
Katherine Cathey draped herself over her husband's casket.
The amount of emotion in those seven photos can be a little overwhelming, but the glimpse into such a personal and sad moment are remarkable. I can just picture photo seven and get swept up in the feeling again.
To end on a lighter note, Beyond The Still is a project where photographers take a single photo and film a story around it using the video capabilities on their DSLR. Only the first of seven chapters has been released, but this concept should produce some interesting results over the next few months.
I just recently stumbled across ‘Days With My Father’. It is an AMAZING piece of work and reminded me how important it is to capture the everyday beauty of the loved ones around us. As I am close to hitting my 100 day mark in my first 365 challenged have come to realize that there are images I have captured that mean so so much to me but will not impact anyone else. These are the images that I hold dear. They are the ones that reminded me of where I am and how I got here. I am thankful that I have found such a joy in shooting, it really does make life sweeter!