042:365 Because there are times when the classic, clichéd shot is just what posterity demands.
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Alejna said something in reply to my comment on her blog the other day about shooting past the pretty. I'd never heard this expression before and it made me think: in the photography of others I very much appreciate the aesthetic of ugly or dirty or disturbing or even rumpled commonplace. In my own photography, no way. I long for the pretty. Because I spend so much of my free time with a rather (if I do say so myself) pretty subject, I find myself succumbing to it, always trying to up the ante on pretty. I think this means it's time for a shift in focus. Next week's prompt: shooting past the pretty. HALP!
Yup, no need to shoot past the pretty on this one.
ReplyDeleteI like next week's prompt. I haven't been able to shoot in theme for the last two weeks, but I'll try this one. I actually enjoy photographing ugly stuff, but then it rarely wins the 'best photo of the day' prize.
shooting past the pretty? hmmm... my house is a mess. I should be able to do that. but will I? ;)
ReplyDeleteI have a very similar shot from today... haven't posted todays yet... maybe in the morning...
I am all about the pretty. But maybe you have to actually get genuinely bored with pretty before it's time to move past it?
ReplyDeleteFunny, I didn't even remember writing that. I think I was referring more to the "all I shoot is pretty" phase on the graph I included in my post, which I interpret to be also about being satisfied with the prettiness of the subject of a photo without much thinking about the quality of the photo as a whole.
ReplyDeleteBut I do like to take pictures that aren't just of pretty things. I sometimes try to make a pretty picture of something that is not pretty by normal standards. For example, peeling paint, rust and rotting wood.
Speaking of which, have you seen Magpie's new blog? It's a photo blog she calls Decay and Desuetude. So far it's only one post, but hopefully she'll post more soon!