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 Re: FM Berlin Photo Meet II | |
Jochenb wrote:
Jonas, I know how you feel. One of my other hobbies is making music. A few years ago I had a similar dip and I decided to sell everything. It can become a problem when you\'re putting pressure on yourself. \"I must improve\". Too much perfectionism is killing.
Very interesting discussion there. I quote because me too i made (electronic) music for years. And then stagnated and gave up, a bit tired. With photography I almost did not shoot at all for months last summer and autumn, just 3, 4 shots every 2 months, partly with my smartphone.
Jonas\' quotation \"sharp image of a fuzzy concept\" is a good reminder, just as Bressons \"sharpness is a bourgeois concept\". Not sure whether photography really needs a \"concept\", but it surely needs instinct and a clear feeling of a direction, plus a need for creating something. Getting exquisite tools first and (desperatly) seeking for a meaningful thing to do with them after probably won\'t work.
I did not join you on your trip (although living in Berlin, had to take care of my sick daughter), and also not yet sure if I will return to the go2know excursions.
Although they present some nice occasions for interesting vistas, I will most likely avoid them, at least in terms of photography, maybe as social meetings with shooting guys. Over the months, hundreds of gear-loaded shooters go through the same rooms and take the same shots. The medical seat in the cave at Beelitz, the slaughtered piano at Grabowsee (was it there?) etc. etc. Nothing there anymore in the way of creativity or personal style. Fully exploited photographically. The guides give hints where to find the best shots. Beelitz was a fascinating thing 15 years ago when it was closed to the public, now every inch there is tagged on Flickr and Co.
Gear can be a real problem, technology has become more a distraction than a tool for expressing something. It is fascinating (to me as well), evolving at high speed, and the Alt world is maybe even worse. You think it gets you to a more truthful representation of moods, light etc., then 2 or 4 years later you wake up with a cabinet full of lenses and cameras worth a new car, you know everything about rendering of the lenses, but you feel you got stuck and most of the stuff you do never makes it past the \"advanced eye candy state\", made for the \"hey, great stuff, I like the second & third most\"- gratification.
So, good luck to you Jonas, I like that consequence. Follow your instinct! Good thing...
Bernie, from freezing cold Berlin
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