Practice makes Purty
Two weeks ago it was a radical transition back to motion-picture, but on a cinema-video scale (the 5D Mk II with even a crappy mic, handled properly and photogenically, is an unprecedented creative tool), and I began to feel like the cheater to his true love — longing, guilt and a LONG time spent regaining trust (ok, so cameras are more forgiving than women, but it worked so well as a metaphor right up to the point it crashed).
I carry my camera everywhere. Sometimes it’s awkward, but I become a walking advertisement for my work. I’ve gained several clients just by chance meeting “so you’re a photographer…” Anyway, last week I went through a little boot camp and shot only monochrome; mainly during a brunch with the ever lovely Mandy. Why shoot B&W? Composition. Where motion picture deviates most from still is composition. There are so many tricks you can get away with in still (gallery above of last week’s practice, lots of examples of “getting away with things”). So back to normal street shots: Finally I kinda get why musicians practice scales.
