Taking the Photograph- A Challenge for Everyone

Taking the Photograph- A Challenge for Everyone

Thursday, April 01, 2010

(I had been writing on opendiary, but it really isnt a blog...)

After watching Julie and Julia I started to think about the things I do and what I can do to help myself.

500-some recipes in a year would never happen for me, I loathe cooking.

So what can I do?

It should be substancial, not too easy- something that can help me in my future. I graduated doing Illustration and just can't seem to muster enough enjoyment out of it to try and make that happen. Probably because when I finally came to the revelation that I just didn't want to work with Children's books, it was a little late. Then I found photography, and I realized that I just enjoy drawing as a hobby- not as a profession.

So Photography it is.

But what makes it a challenge? Anyone can take a photograph. (be it good or bad..)

I started to watch If I Can Dream on Hulu,too. Those are some lucky people. They are really being handfed their futures. Very talented, though they are, the real world just isn't going to let you into the in crowd that easily. I don't hold it against them or anything, If I were in that boat I'd be jumping for joy right now. I really do think a few of them at least will be huge. But, persistance it is for me. One thing on there that caught my attention is that for some reason, they think this can happen in a year. Just like the movie I watched, just like I've been told by freelancers- a year at minimum, at least from the freelancers-will get you in the right direction.

So here it is. 365 Days. What's fair for that? A photograph can be snapped off a lot faster than cooking a meal, that's for sure. But..then again, there isn't too much to following a recipe- and there is no recipe for a perfect photo, really.

Here is a list of themes I grabbed off of about.com.

• Birth
• Death
• Heroism
• Escape
• Love
• Journey
• Coming of age
• Patriotism
• Peace and war
• Hope
• Hopelessness
• Generation gap
• Home
• Betrayal
• Lust for power
• Isolation
• Judgment
• Fortune
• Family
• Sense of self
• God and spirituality
• Good and evil
• Duty
• Survival
• Conformity
• Individualism
• Deception
• Race relations
• Suffering
• Alienation
• Loss
• Discovery
• Cats
• City

• Feathers
• Fire
• Plants
• Snakes
• Trees
• Water

I dont really think this is the way to go about it. I look at that and just see text book photography jumping all over it.
I want to do something that will let me maybe work towards a Masters program, but help me be myself too. So..

It's hardest to get started.

Maybe someone can send me an idea. If not, I think I'll just do 1 photo a day for 365 days. Is that too easy? I guess if I have to ask, then it is. But I will be working 40 hours..and doing shoots for paying customers..and..having a life too lol.

I have it.

Let's make this a game. I will do one, and you can tell me what my next one should be. For 365 days, I will take requests and publish a photo from the shoot each time I finish one.

That way, you can try and trip me up, and I'll never know what's coming.

So, ready to give it a go?

The first one I'll pick since no one is here: A self portrait