Make Art For You First

The bottom line is, if you don’t connect with your work because you’re trying to satisfy some other formula, you are doing it wrong. I’ve finally gotten away from that way of thinking. I used to worry a lot about what others would think.That way of thinking is completely destructive to creativity. I no longer try to satisfy anyone but me.

Judges in a competition always want to see detail in shadows for instance. They lose their minds if they can’t see it, they can’t handle mystery in an image. I have heard comments to this issue a lot over the years. I heard it just recently regarding an image I am placing in an exhibition. I like shadows, I learned when shooting live music that shadows have to be shadows sometimes, and I like it.

Creativity

I find myself being pulled more and more into the black and white world. I have been going through my catalog and picking out the odd image that may eventually find it’s way into this project. The fun thing about black and white is that it has no connection to reality. Post-processing plays a big role and therefore, you own creativity. I have always said that the taking of the photo is only the beginning of the whole process of photography, the other half being the actual post processing of the photograph.

I really enjoy a moody and dramatic photo. To me, that makes the ultimate photo To me, this image is just about the perfect candidate to become a black and white with it’s basic lack of colour in the first place.

Confederation Bridge in Black and White

I like a good black and white image. The trouble is that not all images work as well as others but I feel that this one works quite well. The use of black and white helps us to look at more, we see the forms, shapes and lines much easier for one thing.