Who is currently inspiring me?
We all have our heroes, the people who inspire us. I have gone through so many; the list keeps changing and rearranging itself. From filmmakers, writers, artists, to photographers. I thought it might be interesting to share the artists who have changed how I take photographs and think about photography.
It's not the person behind the camera that is important, but the person in front of the lens that is.
A lot of photographers are forgetting this one important aspect of a photographer. That photography, the person or subject should be more important than the photographer. We are not celebrities, we are not talent, we are not history. We are storytellers, archivers, and documenters.
I'm not shooting enough
I'm not shooting enough photographs. We have all heard the film argument about how it slows you down and you take fewer photos. I get that, but there is a difference between shooting less and shooting a lot and shooting a lot of the same exact scene. Instead of machinegun photographing a subject, take a photograph and recompose to tell a story. What I'm getting at is I'm not taking enough photographs, I'm not producing enough content.
Interview with David Paul Larson
David Paul Larson is a man who knows what he wants and dosesn't wait around for it to happen, rather he's the kinda man who goes out and gets it. Talking to David I learned that no matter your situation if you want something, it's up to you to make it happen. It takes work, motion, commitment, drive and passion, not just one, but all these qualities to get your desired result.David spends his time doing what he loves, and that is filmmaking and photography. He turns his lens towards what he loves and interests him, people. Looking at his work, you realise he's not afraid to get intimate and be in the moment. He has a way of getting a photograph that captures what he's looking, admiring and appreciating right in front of him that is uniquely his.