Well, it’s time to take the 5D with me more often. I don’t know if this happened to some people but when you get a new brand camara, (a huge and expensive one) at the beginning scares you to get it along with you. Most when you live in a city going everywhere sourrounded by lots of people and have to take the subway many times a day. I think that’s why iPhone photography is working so well for everybody.
But I feel this term of fear has over for me. I want to take the camera outside not only for especial photo shot I have in mind.
One of the reasons is that the most I have it with me the most challenging and inspiration I feel.
Also I guess I had been contagied a bit by the photoblogging-daily-mania.
And after following some blogs I notice that what people want is stories. Not just random images but stories, people lives, what they like, what they do to have fun, the places they visit…etc. I think this works beacuase it makes people to be closer to other people whitout meet them. This is a real fact since the social media appear in our lives and takes a high position. Nowadays we live in a society in wich the visual has become a huge importance on our daily basis.We can see everything, in every minute everywhere we are. We post what we are eating/drinking at the very moment, what we think about “everything”, where we are at the moment,….etc. Plus since everybody can buy a cheap reflex and can call itself as a photographer we are sourrounded by images everywhere we go.
And for some reason I think this is a huge challenge for photographers. Can we see the artist anymore? Yes I think. When there where a few photographers there where only a few pictures and they become an incredible reference to all of us. Now that everybody can take photos it’s about HOW and WHAT. I think the artist highlights from the others by the way the pictures are taken, the feeling they portrait, the symbolic meaning, know how to take from the daily life the most significant pictures when we are already crowded/sorrounded by milions of images. And because we also live in the global opinion era I think this is submittet to personal opinion. In my case I know when someone put a lot of itself into a picture, and if this picture says something to me.
So I’am going to try (at least) to post once a week.
This is our yesterday meal at a mexican restaurant, not one of the best of the city but a nice one.
Muchos besos para todos! Love u all !
