Laura, I love how kind you are to the creative process. There is this nurturing, all welcome, warm space you create when you describe making work. Listening to this talk this afternoon made me welcomed into the comfort of being out in nature making photographs. An image came to mind as you were talking, and I went out to capture it, magically.
Thank you Laura. I come from a background and career where rules where important, very important. So picking up a camera and wanting to explore my creativity I immediately went and learnt the rules of photography. In contrast - listening to this talk is really challenging me to let go and just create what I "feel" in the environment I am in. It is so tough to do that but I believe and I feel it is right for me
I think it's just like anything else (playing guitar, etc.). Learning the "rules" helps provide a foundation and is helpful for most people. From there they can explore breaking those rules. At the same time, those same "rules" can stifle some people, and are a detriment.
Hi Laura. Thank you for your kind, warm and motivating words. And I can really relate to what you want to convey to us in your video. All these rules, settings, procedures, etc., etc., that was exactly the reason why photography stopped being fun for me at some point. I was only interested in taking pictures that would get loads of likes and for everyone to praise me. Because I'm the biggest and the best, so people have to praise me for everything I do. And because of the few hundred likes that I got and I was able to bask in my success for a few seconds, I left the most important thing behind, myself. I walked around blindly with my camera and asked myself why nothing appealed to me anymore. Or rather, with every motif that I saw and wanted to speak to me, a voice inside me immediately said, no, that's nothing special. Nobody will like that, or other people are already doing it and they're doing it better. It was a lot of work, but it was pretty quick to finally banish that voice from my head. It's still there sometimes, but when I've just done what I wanted, when I look through my pictures afterwards and discover things that I missed, I don't really care what the voice tells me. I have a good feeling when I edit and look at and edit again until I've made something special out of this one dead branch as an example. That can show what I saw and felt in that moment. Actually, I just wanted to watch the video in which you talk about the paper you use for printing. And then I read something about breaking the rules. And I'm always on board with things like that. Thank you again for your kind and wise words, which I will always carry with me now. And when it gets too much again and everything is too loud, I always have my place to return to, and above all to the beginning, when I first started taking photos. And the best thing is, this place is everywhere, I just have to wait until it gets dark, then I pack my backpack, look for a quiet place, set up the camera and then I press the remote shutter until sunrise and the big starry sky, and let the stars speak to me. Thank you again, I wish you all the best and many greetings from Germany. Perhaps our paths will cross again one day. Roman
Oh I'm so happy you found joy and freedom in your practice again! It takes a lot of insight to move away from dominant trends in art education, to find your more personal path. Kudos to you! And, happy photographing out there!
Laura, I love how kind you are to the creative process. There is this nurturing, all welcome, warm space you create when you describe making work. Listening to this talk this afternoon made me welcomed into the comfort of being out in nature making photographs. An image came to mind as you were talking, and I went out to capture it, magically.
Thanks for this lovely comment! I'm so happy the ideas in the talk sparked an image! Yes! So beautiful. I'd love to see it sometime.
Thank you Laura. I come from a background and career where rules where important, very important. So picking up a camera and wanting to explore my creativity I immediately went and learnt the rules of photography. In contrast - listening to this talk is really challenging me to let go and just create what I "feel" in the environment I am in. It is so tough to do that but I believe and I feel it is right for me
@@haneyfrancis2780 Love hearing your story! It sounds like your practice is evolving really beautifully. ❤️
So true. Good advice.
Great speech and what an eye opener, loved it..
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the nice comment!
I think it's just like anything else (playing guitar, etc.). Learning the "rules" helps provide a foundation and is helpful for most people. From there they can explore breaking those rules. At the same time, those same "rules" can stifle some people, and are a detriment.
Hi Laura. Thank you for your kind, warm and motivating words. And I can really relate to what you want to convey to us in your video. All these rules, settings, procedures, etc., etc., that was exactly the reason why photography stopped being fun for me at some point. I was only interested in taking pictures that would get loads of likes and for everyone to praise me. Because I'm the biggest and the best, so people have to praise me for everything I do. And because of the few hundred likes that I got and I was able to bask in my success for a few seconds, I left the most important thing behind, myself. I walked around blindly with my camera and asked myself why nothing appealed to me anymore. Or rather, with every motif that I saw and wanted to speak to me, a voice inside me immediately said, no, that's nothing special. Nobody will like that, or other people are already doing it and they're doing it better. It was a lot of work, but it was pretty quick to finally banish that voice from my head. It's still there sometimes, but when I've just done what I wanted, when I look through my pictures afterwards and discover things that I missed, I don't really care what the voice tells me. I have a good feeling when I edit and look at and edit again until I've made something special out of this one dead branch as an example. That can show what I saw and felt in that moment. Actually, I just wanted to watch the video in which you talk about the paper you use for printing. And then I read something about breaking the rules. And I'm always on board with things like that. Thank you again for your kind and wise words, which I will always carry with me now. And when it gets too much again and everything is too loud, I always have my place to return to, and above all to the beginning, when I first started taking photos. And the best thing is, this place is everywhere, I just have to wait until it gets dark, then I pack my backpack, look for a quiet place, set up the camera and then I press the remote shutter until sunrise and the big starry sky, and let the stars speak to me. Thank you again, I wish you all the best and many greetings from Germany. Perhaps our paths will cross again one day. Roman
Oh I'm so happy you found joy and freedom in your practice again! It takes a lot of insight to move away from dominant trends in art education, to find your more personal path. Kudos to you! And, happy photographing out there!
My motto is, learn the rules, know them and then break them.
It's called creativity 😂