What do you see?
Since I’m always on the lookout for articles of interest and observing well-known photographers (as well as other tyoes of artists) and their quotes, I get excited when I read one by a photographer whose work I’m familiar with.
Paul Strand is one of those photographers, who once said, “The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.”
For those of you new to my blog, I’m a semi-retired advertising, corporate, and editorial photographer who now teaches an online class with the BPSOP, as well as conducting my “Stretching Your Frame of Mind” workshops around our planet.
I teach my fellow photographers how to incorporate the basic elements of visual design into their photography. I also show students how to see past first impressions and instead of seeing with the left side of their brain, the analytical side, we work on using the right side of the brain, the creative side.
“Even in your own backyad”, I once said to one of my mentoring students who wasn’t able to leave her small farm. “It’s not just an old wooden fence” I remarked. “You see an old wooden fence with the left side of your brain, right? But what do you see with the right side?”, I asked.
I continued, “With the right side you see a possible Vanishing Point (leading and directional lines), Pattern, Texture, Shapes, and most importantly Line.
So my fellow photographers make no mistake we are artists who have chosen the camera as the medium. Our world really is limitless, and to me the best way to see it is to take the road less traveled. Strike out on your own, using your own imagination. Remember that it’s a beautiful world out there when in the hands of a photographer.
Remember that if you always do what you did, you’ll always get what you got!!!
Visit my brand new website at: www.joebaraban.com, and check out my upcoming workshops at the top of this blog. Come shoot with me sometime.
JoeB
