Last autumn, at some family gathering or other, my mum was expressing dissatisfaction with her camera, or at least her usage of her camera, and since my photos had recently dramatically improved she asked me for advice. I muttered something about framing and looking for shapes within the image but it didn’t seem to help. The only reason I could think of as to why my photos had improved was because I hadn’t had a job for three months over the summer and my life had slowed right down. Any technical thinking came after as I tried to figure out what it was I’d stumbled upon.
As you’ll know, mum went to New Zealand last month and isn’t doing anything specific with her life while there (you can think of it as a sabbatical). I was just looking through her new Flickr stream and my first thought was “boy has she slowed down!”
So there you have it. You want to improve your photography? Slow the fuck down.
btw I’m liking your new improved blog style
it’s about slowing down and taking the time to *look*. so few people do tat you know.
Tom: You mean visually or textually? Not much has changed visually…