I was told that keeping a blog for your photography helps you remember where you've been, what you've tried, and importantly... what improvements you've made and continue to make. I've grown quite a bit while trying to teach myself about photography and simultaneously digital art. I've learned sooooo many wrong ways to do things. I have laughed at more mistakes than I have celebrated triumphs. I have suffered more dulldrums of "Why am I doing this? Where is this ever going to lead? Could my time be better spent elsewhere?" than I have had bright, hopeful thoughts about it. I guess it comes down to one thing: you need something in your life that can be your story. It may never lead anywhere, but I have had some of the wildest rides on my photography/ art explorations and experiments. I have some amazing memories to take with me and I have met some of the most inspiring and unique people that I never would have crossed paths with otherwise. I have seen places that are rotting away and still telling their stories. I have crawled over just about anything nature has decided to make in New England (all while gingerly protecting my camera even while I put it in imminent danger). I have hurt myself in some of the most inventive ways trying to get just the shot that jolted me. Most importantly, I have found a way to speak while still being able to be silent.
To get myself more in the spirit of blogging, something sort of foreign to me if you couldn't tell by the gap in posts ... Ok, if I'm honest, I forgot I had a blog. BUT, here I am, starting fresh... I thought I'd show some before and after shots, to give a feel of how I try to make a photo speak for me. Though a lot of photographers do not feel what I do can be classified in 'photography', I still feel that photography is my strongest base. Without the photograph being what I need it to be, I could never get to the end result. I also must shoot pictures differently, knowing how it will all fit together in the end, so most time my raw photos do not look up to par and professional - they're not supposed to.
Perhaps this wasn't the most zesty of posts, but it's a fine start.
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