Visual.Curiosity

Cartier-Bresson once said that your first 10,000 photographs are your worst and I totally agree with his philosophy. His ideals and opinions on the visual art have influenced many; myself included. Think about it for a second…

“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst’

Again this was back in the film days so 10,000 was quite the hefty number.

This figure is hypothetical in the sense that many people learn and improve at their own pace, but you get Cartier-Bresson’s brash way of thinking. There’s always heaps of room for improvement..Heaps, I tell you!!

Now if you take into consideration today’s digital age then this number is totally irrelevant, so I guess to paraphrase the brilliance of Cartier-Bresson; “YOUR FIRST 20,0000 PHOTOGRAPHS ARE YOUR WORST”. To tell you the truth I don’t even know whereabouts I am perhaps over or perhaps not. You can even take it a step further and say, would that be 20,000 of pure nonsense or would that be 20,000 of well thought out photographs? Obviously the latter would be make sense, but it is all subjective nowadays.

Decided to have some fun on this soon-to-be-ending weekend and experiment a bit with low key lighting. I intended to convert all shots into black and white, but for some reason it wasn’t working out for this particular shot below. I preferred colour WAY over the black and white edit, what do you photogs think??

Within the Frame by David duChemin

Right from the get-go I instantly connected with the author and his personal experiences with his camera. It was almost like he reached into my head, and with an organized manner splattered my thoughts on to paper. His opinions and philosophy on the subject matter has come from many years of experience and his maturity level his quite evident when he refers to his own art and craft.
*Ahem*, the man is sharing his wisdom, therefore we should listen. Praise the lord, bestow upon us your photography wisdom

Nowadays many people are obsessed with the technical aspects and looking for that jaw dropping shot and they forget about the groundwork, the foundation that was set to allow us do what we do everyday. The thought and deep compositional thinking that is involved with each frame is now at risk.

The book itself makes you think twice about your own photography, and it questions your intentions as a photographer and the messages you want to envoke through your visual art. So for anyone who is looking to re-energize their aspirations, then I highly recommend this book. If you have been in the business for quite some time and lost yourself somewhere in the melee of everyday life, then I too also recommend this book, and or if you are just dragging your feet and searching for that dire dose of inspiration, then as I mentioned above…go get this book!

Check it out; “David DuChemin’s Within The Frame”.