I love shooting in black and white, it puts a lot more
neutrality in to the photo. It gives a perspective that no one sees but is
still 100% what we see; it’s kind of a paradox of some sorts. I love looking at
Robert Franks works in the book "The Americans" It’s a wonderful book
that mainly works with candid shots of people and the lives of the time period
that Frank lived in (around 1958). When he shot
it seemed like all he did was walk around and see what people were doing, what
they were struggling with, who they were with, or even
just people who were sitting and chatting. I usually don't like to
shoot people for some abstract reason in the depths of my brain that probably
has something to do with how I was raised... in other words , I don’t know
why. But as you can see one of the photos does have a dude in it... I was
walking down the street in Seattle when I saw him and decided to take
two photos, one was off center and the other seemed to look good so I kept it,
it turned out to be one of my favorite photos of the summer.
That's what I love about photography, it can be done with one photo and
you don't need to fill up your memory card
with different shots of the same flower, that's not to say that
you shouldn't take multiple shots; only that the unexpected
can always happen in photography so keep your photos and
see what they look like while editing.
(The photo from Seattle the man was carving I think some sort of instrument, I could be wrong though)
(This photo was taken on a youth group trip I went on during the spring in Wyoming)
(This photo was taken in an abandoned house that I found a while back, and it was taken through a wall that had been smashed)
(This photo was taken in an art museum, I've wanted to get a tilt shift lens for a while but for now i just edit it in Photoshop to get the blur effect)
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