I believe, it is the same with photography. If we shoot quickly, we may shoot a lot of frames. But probable not a lot of quality shots. We are no photographer any more - we become a "cameraman".
To me a true photographer is a much more ambitious aim, than to be someone, who is collecting frames like a human observation cam.
So i made the new year's resolution, to take more time and work harder for a better photographic quality in future. In many cases it is not even very difficult. You just have to be slower, give yourself the chance of having ideas. Just take the time to be a photographer, instead what we call in german a "Knipser" (a snapshooter, a clicker). To get the greed for photographic prey under control, which is probable the reason, that we shoot and shoot and shoot.
The good news is: If i remember this resolution while i am shooting, my results immediately get better. Yesterday i shot a stance - and by no means not for the first time... Usually i make a few frames from the light mood and the forest track beside, when i am out in the wood with my dog. Usually i do no think a lot about this stance. I just shoot it.
But yesterday i made a break - i was thinking something like: "How can i shoot this stand in a better way?" hmhm "Maybe like a building?" ... "Maybe from the bottom to the top?" hmhm
So i tried a few new viewes, a new perspective - and here you see the result, i hope you like it:
These are my wishes for the new year: To remember my resolution and be slower: Slow Photography is better than Fast (Food) Photography!
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