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Forum: Photographic Technique
07-12-2009, 07:46 AM
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Hello there,
I used to have problems coming up with ideas for shoots and quickly learned it isn't a matter of sitting down and conjuring an idea out of thin air upon will or borrowing from somebody elses imagination (which may work to some extent, but your work will come from ideas from the heart). It's about capturing your own imagination and thoughts (however perverse or weird or wonderful they may or may not be) and using them as a driving force.
I was recently reading an "inspirational" book called "make your own damn movie" highlighting the fact that a guy who's made absolute garbage movies for the past 30 years (see toxic avenger) but has made a successful, fulfilling living doing it because he makes whatever he wants and goes with it, with his heart. Whatever the ideas was, he went with it.
An important point he made is this:
If you need help coming up with an idea, you should rethink what it is you're doing and why you're doing it.
Ideas more often than not are an organic process that suddenly dawns on us as we experience a moment that affects us in some way that makes us stop and think. I would recommend you keep a tiny pocket book with you to record these thoughts when and where they happen.
Often we become bogged down in our lives and daily stress, our worries and responsibilities may dominate a large portion of our available thinking. These cloud our thoughts and limit imagination. If anything, set aside some time that's responsibility free, be spontaneous, break up the routine, go out for a walk or a street festival, or an art gallery. Go see a live band, or a new indie film in a crappy rundown cinema in the forgotten part of town. Experience other arts, othere people's work, no matter how weird they are. Experience a broad range of things, expand your taste. Liberate your thinking and ideas will come.
We can't learn imagination and the best way to get ideas is to observe the world around us and capture it from our own perspective.
This is what I've discovered, I hope it helps in some way.
Cheers,
- Andrew
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
06-02-2009, 08:43 PM
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Hello,
I am new to these forums, been ghosting them for awhile but thought I'd throw this question out to the regulars and see what the thoughts are.
I have just purchased a pentax k20d and have a few older pentax lenses, but am looking for decent zoom.
I've come across a SMC Pentax DA 50-200mm ED and have a sweet deal for it, how well would this lens perform in most situations?
I also have a 28mm wide angle prime i'd use for anything less than 50.
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