…at band camp, I took some pictures.
I drove down to Jackson, Ohio yesterday morning for two local schools (Scioto and Westerville North) conducting their band camps this week. I didn’t stick around long enough to bring back my own, “One time, at band camp…” story, but I did try to make a variety of photos in that short amount of time.
Since I’m not posting as frequently as I would like, I’m going to change up the format a little bit and start posting more photos on each entry. With as much space as our publications allot photos, I’m sometimes asked to bring back a large volume of images. So if I have the goods, I figure I might as well share them.
My role as a photographer with ThisWeek is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it’s awesome to be able to look at a printed photo page with a dozen of my photos. On the other hand, it’s really hard to get a dozen awesome photos from an event. I sometimes feel like I’m focusing on volume rather than quality. This has definitely forced me to change my shooting habits.
I’ve always tried working different angles and shooting numerous photos of my subjects. A lot of time was invested in each subject. When I’m asked to shoot an assignment for a photo page, I have to change my approach. If that’s the case, I’ll shoot a few frames and move on, rather than working the situation and waiting for a moment.
I used to think that I was an unlucky photographer. I’d invest a lot of time waiting for a moment with a subject that sometimes never materialized. In the end, I would be left with a mediocre photo that took a long time to produce. When shooting in volume, I’ve found myself stumbling across more of these moments. Yeah, I make a lot of photos that are just nice, but I’m also catching a lot more of the good moments as well.
My intention with this post wasn’t to get into all that, but it was nice to introspectively think about and type it.
On another note, please check out the “around the net” RSS feed in the right hand column. I spend a lot of time reading photo, political and tech-related blogs, and I’ve found that Google Reader has a sweet feature to let me share the posts I find most interesting. Click here to view a page with the full posts or click on the orange RSS button to subscribe to the feed. I share some of the items with friends on Facebook, but this feed has way more content.
If anyone has any WordPress experience and can help better format the list of links, please don’t hesitate to share. I’m working on making that module easier to read.
