Keep forgetting I have a blog
I keep forgetting I have a blog. I mean, it’s not like I decided to commit to this anyway… but I do enjoy my time when I contribute to my blog.
Recently I have been focusing on taking photos, and NOT editing. I feel like I always focused on taking shots that I knew I could edit to be compelling, but never just tried to make compelling shots regardless of the edit.
That being said, I am shooting Fujifilm and using Film Recipes. I don’t see this as cheating though. I think it’s like shooting on film stock.
I don’t think perfection is worth chasing. I found the more I chased perfection, the more stale my photography became and the less I enjoyed it.
An image should be felt, and even though being a technical piece of perfection can bring feelings, my experience is that the more I focused on a perfect image, the more feeling I pushed out of the image.
It’s truly been a blessing learning this about myself. I always wondered why, in the past, photography was something I enjoyed, but never felt like I was creating as fully as I could. Once I stopped chasing perfection it allowed me to focus one why I take pictures in the first place.
I take photos because I want to share what I feel. I want to share the moment that makes things special.