Already made the reservation for my new site. Now I only have to build it (or have to let it build) and release it. Plans are to have the release date on 11-11-'11. I love numbers and for me it's just a nice and realistic release date.
Already wrote some of my goals. This is a new goal. For now I didn't do anything digital for the site yet, except the registration of the domain. On the to do list is learning how to use Wordpress, think it'll be trial and error on that part. Reading and reading about it in the meanwhile, to know how it works. The reason why I chose for Wordpress is because it offers enough possibilities for what I would like to do with my site. There are alot of plugins for it and there are coming more and more of them. I don't want the new site to be as any other site. I want it to be an example for others. To be able to inspire people. I've been writing and sketching for a while now and hope to be able to put the ideas that I have on paper together in this new site. Some of the more important things to me are the navigation. Things have to be clear and direct when it comes to browsing through the site. It has to feel quite natural when you browse through it. Another important thing of course is to optimize it for showing and browsing the pictures.
Reading back the other goals I had for this year it'll get though. Working on the book for a band, bet it'll cost some more time than just this year. Talking, talking and talking about it. The band at least likes the idea, but haven't heard anything more serious yet. The idea I had about doing a shoot with fantasy-like characters will be though to plan. Will be quite busy this summer and the new site that I want to launch in November will take quite some time too and has priority over this shoot. The practicing with the photography of soccer goes quite well. Waiting for the new season to come and hope to shoot most of the youth team of Ajax for the upcoming season.
It has been too long since last update but I hope you like this one. If you have any ideas for new sites, please let me know :)
dinsdag 21 juni 2011
donderdag 10 februari 2011
Lacking creativity, now what?
There are always periods where you have to come up with an idea but where you don't have any idea what to do. Last thing to do in such situations is to give up. Never give up :) But now what, where to start? Let's work down the situation. We've got an assignment for school for landscape/architecture. It's totally up to you what direction you want to go. It's a good thing when the pictures tell a story. But then again, what will be my story for this assignment?
First of all I write down the ideas that come up. Even the most stupid ideas are better than no idea at all. I want to improve my way of thinking so the pictures I make will be of more sense. I want to learn how to put a message in a picture. So the next thing to do is writing down a possible story beneath the possible subjects.
For example:
subject: Ruines
story behind it: buildings that show things that were, things that have been, history. The setting can give an idea about what happened in the building, what kind of function the building had. It tells a story about how things went after the last people left.
how to take the picture: search for elements that tell the story of the past.
Don't know yet what the subject will be for this assignment, but this is certainly one of the possibilities. Last week we've seen a documentary about Ed Burtynsky. His works about the manufacturing in China made an impression to me. It was really huge and in his works it comes back :)
Don't know what it will be yet, but at least I've got some more inspiration now ^^ When you don't have any inspiration at all, just get a piece of paper and start to write. In the end I bet you can choose between some different ideas ^^
First of all I write down the ideas that come up. Even the most stupid ideas are better than no idea at all. I want to improve my way of thinking so the pictures I make will be of more sense. I want to learn how to put a message in a picture. So the next thing to do is writing down a possible story beneath the possible subjects.
For example:
subject: Ruines
story behind it: buildings that show things that were, things that have been, history. The setting can give an idea about what happened in the building, what kind of function the building had. It tells a story about how things went after the last people left.
how to take the picture: search for elements that tell the story of the past.
Don't know yet what the subject will be for this assignment, but this is certainly one of the possibilities. Last week we've seen a documentary about Ed Burtynsky. His works about the manufacturing in China made an impression to me. It was really huge and in his works it comes back :)
Don't know what it will be yet, but at least I've got some more inspiration now ^^ When you don't have any inspiration at all, just get a piece of paper and start to write. In the end I bet you can choose between some different ideas ^^
maandag 17 januari 2011
Another year: 365 days to improve
Yet another year has gone by. Another year of achieving goals. A year of improvement.
New plans for a new year. That's what alot of people try to do. Setting the goals for the new year and at the end of the year most forget even to look back at it. Some of the plans seem to be impossible. But working on those is a good way to grow. If there are problems reaching your goals, you can do two things: giving up, which won't help you further, and just starting, trying to cope with the problems you'll see along the process. Sometimes you have to think outside the box. In that case you'll learn new things, you'll improve. That's the first thing I want to blog about :)
Easiest thing to do is challenging yourself with things you've already done. Can you still call it a challenge if you already know that you're able to complete it? If you've already done it, I think it's a no. Challenges are there to find problems you have to solve. Working on those problems helps you improve your skills. Either technical or in a creative way, you'll improve. Doing things you wouldn't normally do are the things that help you to reach a level you wouldn't normally reach. If you don't step out of your own safe area, you'll never grow bigger than the area is. Explore new things, try new things and learn from it. Even if it doesn't help you reaching your goals, it still helps you. If you never leave the small village, you'll never know how to drive in the big city.
So, what am I going to do to improve? First of all I have the challenges at school. Besides, there are some ideas. I want to work on a book about a band and I want to do a fantasy-based photo shoot with random people who like to have a picture of themselves dressed as an elf, a dwarf, a wizard or any other fantasy based creature. Why do I want to do this? Besides I want to do it because it's cool to have such pictures in my portfolio, I want to do the fantasy shoot to learn how to combine the natural light with a little bit of studio light. How to create a certain effect by using the light in a way it makes the picture stronger. The reason why I want to work on the book is because I want to learn how to put down a good impression about the emotions that are there by choosing the right pictures, the right moments and the right combination of text and photo's. Besides that it will be a challenge how to fix the finances for it and what the full process will be to turn a nice collection of pictures into a well printed book that's for sale.
I also want to learn how to make good pictures of soccer. I already started a bit with that, going to the youth team of Ajax to make some pictures during their matches. It's a good way to get known with the technique and timing of it. The circumstances aren't the best and you need the feeling to find the right moments and the right place to stand. Practicing is of course another way to improve. To learn how to make good traveling pictures you don't always have to travel, but it's a good thing to do. Taking time to wait for the opportune moment where everything is perfect. Then learn from the things that aren't perfect. Because the perfect picture doesn't exist. There's always something to improve.
This is an impression of how my year will be regarding photography. Enough written for now, going to make some pictures now :)
New plans for a new year. That's what alot of people try to do. Setting the goals for the new year and at the end of the year most forget even to look back at it. Some of the plans seem to be impossible. But working on those is a good way to grow. If there are problems reaching your goals, you can do two things: giving up, which won't help you further, and just starting, trying to cope with the problems you'll see along the process. Sometimes you have to think outside the box. In that case you'll learn new things, you'll improve. That's the first thing I want to blog about :)
Easiest thing to do is challenging yourself with things you've already done. Can you still call it a challenge if you already know that you're able to complete it? If you've already done it, I think it's a no. Challenges are there to find problems you have to solve. Working on those problems helps you improve your skills. Either technical or in a creative way, you'll improve. Doing things you wouldn't normally do are the things that help you to reach a level you wouldn't normally reach. If you don't step out of your own safe area, you'll never grow bigger than the area is. Explore new things, try new things and learn from it. Even if it doesn't help you reaching your goals, it still helps you. If you never leave the small village, you'll never know how to drive in the big city.
So, what am I going to do to improve? First of all I have the challenges at school. Besides, there are some ideas. I want to work on a book about a band and I want to do a fantasy-based photo shoot with random people who like to have a picture of themselves dressed as an elf, a dwarf, a wizard or any other fantasy based creature. Why do I want to do this? Besides I want to do it because it's cool to have such pictures in my portfolio, I want to do the fantasy shoot to learn how to combine the natural light with a little bit of studio light. How to create a certain effect by using the light in a way it makes the picture stronger. The reason why I want to work on the book is because I want to learn how to put down a good impression about the emotions that are there by choosing the right pictures, the right moments and the right combination of text and photo's. Besides that it will be a challenge how to fix the finances for it and what the full process will be to turn a nice collection of pictures into a well printed book that's for sale.
I also want to learn how to make good pictures of soccer. I already started a bit with that, going to the youth team of Ajax to make some pictures during their matches. It's a good way to get known with the technique and timing of it. The circumstances aren't the best and you need the feeling to find the right moments and the right place to stand. Practicing is of course another way to improve. To learn how to make good traveling pictures you don't always have to travel, but it's a good thing to do. Taking time to wait for the opportune moment where everything is perfect. Then learn from the things that aren't perfect. Because the perfect picture doesn't exist. There's always something to improve.
This is an impression of how my year will be regarding photography. Enough written for now, going to make some pictures now :)
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