Tom dinning
Registrant*
There are many times, on returning from a photographic excursion and examining the results, I find an image that puzzles me.
This is one such image.
At first, it appears as though I have made a mistake, but this cannot be the case since I have no idea what the purpose of the image might have been. Perhaps this is the way I had intended it to appear. If is was taken unknowingly there is, equally, no possibility of a mistake, since there was no purpose in the first place.
I might be tempted to delete such images but I have learnt to rely on my intuition and spontaneity as a source of images that test my capacity to interpret my own intentions.
The process I apply to such images is simple.
1. Ignore any camera settings. That seems appropriate since I don't remember any attentiveness to the matter at the time.
2. Stare at the picture over a long time period and on many occasions.
3. Pay attention to my thoughts.
4. Play with the post processing as I think.
5. Stop when the image is clear and coincide with my thoughts.
6. Drink at least 3 glasses of chilled white wine during the editing process.
At the end of this process, I know exactly why I took the photo - it gave me an excuse to drink 3 glasses of wine at 10 am.
This is one such image.
At first, it appears as though I have made a mistake, but this cannot be the case since I have no idea what the purpose of the image might have been. Perhaps this is the way I had intended it to appear. If is was taken unknowingly there is, equally, no possibility of a mistake, since there was no purpose in the first place.
I might be tempted to delete such images but I have learnt to rely on my intuition and spontaneity as a source of images that test my capacity to interpret my own intentions.
The process I apply to such images is simple.
1. Ignore any camera settings. That seems appropriate since I don't remember any attentiveness to the matter at the time.
2. Stare at the picture over a long time period and on many occasions.
3. Pay attention to my thoughts.
4. Play with the post processing as I think.
5. Stop when the image is clear and coincide with my thoughts.
6. Drink at least 3 glasses of chilled white wine during the editing process.
At the end of this process, I know exactly why I took the photo - it gave me an excuse to drink 3 glasses of wine at 10 am.