I reflect on my day most every day to some extent. I find myself working on pictures all day and then look back to see what I did. I believe I am always fully in the moment as I make pictures, but sometimes I look back and think, where was I when I made this. I mean I know physically where I was, but what was going through my head. I see pictures, we all do, but I sometimes am not sure I see them as they appear later. I know a lot of photography is instinctual reaction to movement and light and that we sot of control serendipity by trying to be prepared to capture the unexpected.
The last two days I physically and mentally felt burned out. I really have. I don't know if its winter blues, tired of being cold and then warm and then cold again, overwhelmed by all the work i have to catch up on while needing to get more work to pay bills or just plain need to sleep more? Not sure but I've felt like I was on auto-pilot. But when i edit my pictures from the last two days I see something different--it looks like I have been full of experimentation and energy. Since 3 pm Friday I had 5 basic assignments--two sporting events, two page one stories and an event to just try to capture one story teller. I don't have any award winners, but I am pleased with the recoding of moments in time and when i am pleased with that I feel good about my job. Maybe being partially 'unconscious' during this has been a good thing? I don't know. But here are a few photos from my trib assignments that I think worked out pretty well.
I think its hugely important for growth to look at your own work at the end of the day, end of the week, month year and so on. What i find interesting today i might not tomorrow and so on.
The great part about working for a newspaper is that I get a chance to explore visual storytelling and at the end of the day have to present the best I was able to accomplish. Some days are better than others and the assignments are varied such that sometimes you have trouble getting your brain wrapped around each assignment. Is this a portrait situation, a real life moment situation? Do I focus on the adults or the kids? In sports is the action telling enough of a story or do i need to find something on the sidelines? Fun! Just damn fun being a photographer!
The last two days I physically and mentally felt burned out. I really have. I don't know if its winter blues, tired of being cold and then warm and then cold again, overwhelmed by all the work i have to catch up on while needing to get more work to pay bills or just plain need to sleep more? Not sure but I've felt like I was on auto-pilot. But when i edit my pictures from the last two days I see something different--it looks like I have been full of experimentation and energy. Since 3 pm Friday I had 5 basic assignments--two sporting events, two page one stories and an event to just try to capture one story teller. I don't have any award winners, but I am pleased with the recoding of moments in time and when i am pleased with that I feel good about my job. Maybe being partially 'unconscious' during this has been a good thing? I don't know. But here are a few photos from my trib assignments that I think worked out pretty well.
I think its hugely important for growth to look at your own work at the end of the day, end of the week, month year and so on. What i find interesting today i might not tomorrow and so on.
The great part about working for a newspaper is that I get a chance to explore visual storytelling and at the end of the day have to present the best I was able to accomplish. Some days are better than others and the assignments are varied such that sometimes you have trouble getting your brain wrapped around each assignment. Is this a portrait situation, a real life moment situation? Do I focus on the adults or the kids? In sports is the action telling enough of a story or do i need to find something on the sidelines? Fun! Just damn fun being a photographer!