On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > While waiting for my backdrop to dry at the laundromat, I had fifteen minutes > to kill, so I went for a short photo walk. On my way back, I realized that > the fast majority of my photography is mostly "finding photos" rather than > "making photos" where I set out with a particular idea planned out. > > I'm curious how often the people on this list work from even a rough plan, > versus just going out and seeing what they find.
Combination of both. I usually have a few ideas in mind when I head out the door and focus on finding and making exposures that those ideas frame, but at the same time there's nothing negative about being opportunistic and making exposures of things that catch my attention. The key thing is not to be distracted by opportunistic shooting so much that it gets in the way of finding and making exposures that fit the idea I started out with. However, if it turns out my interest isn't really there in the first place OR the situations I was looking for aren't happening on that session, it's good that something else found my attention so I have something to work with when I return to my desk. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
