Never entirely sure what I should be
doing, I decided to give myself the obvious challenge. To try as many different types of photography as possible. Following is a list of some of the types I'm most interested in and a little piece on my feelings toward it. EDIT: I'll be starting with the types I have the most experience with and end with types I have never done in my life, but really want to.
- Fine Art- Being in AP ART, I have obviously been working on the Fine Art aspect of photography. While, at times, this can be fun to really get creative and produce an image of an event that never actually happened, it is simply not for me. To much pressure to come up with new interesting ideas that are entirely my own. I just can't handle it. Don't misunderstand me, I fully intend to keep creating these pieces for as long as I am physically capable, if for nothing else than my own amusement and to impress my friends. Just, not professionally.
- Concert- As of right now, this is easily my favorite type of photography. To me, this is how I really started spreading my name as a photographer. My first show (aside from a Queen concert when I was very young) was SkaFest 2010. I had gone to see my friend's band, King Rooster, play. At this point, I have been taking photos of everything and anything I could, and wanted to try my hand at capturing the show. And I had one of the single most amazing days of my life. The amount of energy a band puts on, the sheer chaos that is a skank pit at my back, the urge to just shout and dance. All of this captured on my camera. Now given, looking back at my photos of the day, the grand majority came out absolutely horrible. Too blurry, too dark, horrid composition. But the one show got me to go to another ska show, where I made friends with a bunch of the local ska bands. And that led to me going to another ska show, and another, and then a hardcore show, and then several house shows. People are now expecting me to take photos of their shows, and I feel amazing cause of it. Now a days, I work for a South Florida magazine (OutLoud) and can get into concerts for Free. And if I write a review for it, I get paid? How incredible is that? That is textbook definition of the perfect job. Doing what you love more than anything, and getting paid to do it. I haven't been to any local concerts, due in part to my bike still being without a working back tire, but this Sunday, I am covering the Strings for Hope benefit concert that an old friend of mine is putting on at Talent Farm (a venue located in Pembroke Pines). To say I'm unbelievably stoked would be a drastic understatement.
- Street/Candid- When I first got my DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, I took photos of everything. My camera was always wrapped around my torso whenever I left my house, and it still is. So, this ended up in me being the designated "historian" whenever I hung out with my friends, making sure to photograph as many interesting/funny moments. Every now and then, when I uploaded my photos to FaceBook, I got nothing but appreciation and praise for my photos, even if they were a bit embarrassing. It was then I realized how much I love capturing the true emotion in a moment; no matter how hard you try, you can't just re-enact a moment and expect it to be as amazing as first was. The intensity, the comedy, or just the simple beauty. I fully believe that in every second, there is an amazing photo to be taken, no matter where I am. The only problem is that the photographer may not be in the right position to get that particular shot. Which is why we wait... And wait... And wait... And hope that we happen to be in just the right position to get that amazing shot.
EDIT: Having written only tthree different types, I've decided I'm going to split this up over several different entries. Three different types per entry. But here are some of the types which I will be talking about in the near future.
- Portrait/Glamour/Fashion
- Landscape/Nature
- Sports
- Underwater
- Wedding
- Macro
- Nude
Maybe someday, when I turn out to be a well known/respected photographer, there will be a WISE student (or any young aspiring photographer) who will find this blog and be inspired to try something new or to even stick to and improve one particular form of photography. That would be pretty damn awesome.
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