Re: Re: Blind photographer

Hi Guy,

> ... not just in the field of
> commercial/advertising where the photographer's role has essentially been
> reduced to shooting "exactly" the mental image of the art director.
>
> Think of the word "Pre-visualization" that pervades all the Photo-101 or Zone
> System textbooks. Pre-visualization implies that you have a mental image of
> what it is that you'd like to see on your negative/positive.

You see, pre-visualization is something a professional photographer has to use in
order to get what is wanted from the picture he is selling. In my professional work,
I am selling something that does not exist yet, someone is trusting in my ability in
produce it.
When I shoot for fun, either pinhole, zone plate or whatever I am doing (I'm getting
pretty found of old cameras w.o. a light meter), I am trying more and more to be
like a random shooter. I really want the images I get to surprise me. I have a
primary intention when pointing the camera to something, but leave a very broad
possibilities for what might come from that.
Maybe I'm just tired of the commercial work :)

Cheers

Joao
Received on Tue Oct 23 12:28:25 2001