To shoot personal street photography is to only photograph what appeals in your heart. To use your street photography as a tool to empathise with your subject. To show your own soul through the photos you shoot of others.via How to Shoot Personal Street Photography by Eric Kim.
Streetshooter on Photography and Ambiguity:
The thing is, to have all three elements of the self - find and realize your intent. The Eye, Heart and Mind work together to find the subject and realize the intent. The entire process from start to finish is ambiguous and should be allowed to remain that way.via Streets of Philadelphia … A Visual Diary … Page 28 … Street … Deciphering and Realizing Intent by Streetshooter.
Our group stopped here about half way up Mount Gower to rest and to refuel for the second and more difficult half of our ascent of Mount Gower. For some reason I made a photo of the water with the reflection of the over head canopy and shafts of light breaking through. It was just a photo of the water, I thought. When I saw this photo on my computer screen a few weeks later, I decided it would look better in Black and White and made the transformation. In doing so a beautiful women revealed herself out of the relections in the water. I hope you can see her. Not everyone can. For me I see photos and I see people in photos.
The words Ambiguity and Uncertainity are interesting words. Closely related but very different. I think I can understand and feel the difference. Hence I would like to substitute the word ambiguous above with uncertain. I'm not exactly sure as I feel the word ambiguity has quite a few shades of meaning in that it can be difficult thing or a good thing depending on the context of its application. Post inspired by a engaging discussion with Carla. Thanks Carla.
Iain S. Thomas on Hope and Love:
I hope you love whenever you’re given the chance to lovevia 300 Things [A Free Book by Iain S. Thomas].
For some it takes courage to fall in love. A Heart is exposed and trusted to another and the world. For others it is the easiest thing in the world. Some are better at finding it than others. I hope you have the courage to fall in love if and when the chance arises.
Streetshooter on Art:
The beauty of art is, we are all in the same boat in the same place and yet those true to heart see things differently and attempt to make their art more of themselves then of and for anyone else.via Streets of Philadelphia … A Visual Diary … Page 20 … Street …Finding Your Way by Streetshooter.
Streetshooter on Heart and Soul:
The heart and soul live in your workvia STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA … A VISUAL DIARY … PAGE 14 by Streetshooter.
Spencer Lum on being a Beginner and Fear:
When you’re a beginner, the fear isn’t there, because the judgement isn’t there. You can play to your heart’s contentvia email by Spencer Lum.
Ever the Beginner. And maybe that is what you hide behind to justify your own Self Doubts and lack of apparent confidence in yourself.
[An aside] Another time to Let Go of Fear is when All is Lost (or Won). And it can be rewarding and exhilarating when you do.
Streetshooter on Exposing Your Heart:
if you wear your heart on your sleeve, you have to be able to live with the bumps and bruises that will happen to it.
via Streets of Philedephia … A Visual Diary … Page 5 … Dreamcatch by Streetshooter.
Iain S. Thomas on Taking a Risk:
I have seen people wait their entire life for the perfect moment to squeeze their heart, and that moment never came. I have seen people risk it all too late, be amazed by what they found, and cry over the time they wasted. I have seen people disappointed and sad and poor and more aware of who they are and what they are than anyone who didn't dare risk what they risked. I have seen people never know their own heart, and they may as well have never had one.
Via The Risks of Never Reaching Inside Your Own Chest by Iain S. Thomas.
Jason Langer on Photography and Authenticity:
the truest, most authentic self is only revealed in isolation. For me, the social self is a mask. The photographs collected here are, simply put, a record of my attempt to penetrate the mask and expose some glimmer of the mystery beneath.
via JASON LANGER: TWENTY YEARS by Aline Smithson.
I have also found that the true authentic self is often revealed in those raw moments in your life involving your Heart where something is lost - a relationship through a breakdown or a death. A Tear is often a manifestation of the true authentic self because there is nothing left - no masks, no filters. In those moments of loss, before, during and after, the true authentic self is most often revealed, as it should be. For it not to be, might show great resilience in character and [maybe] a Heart of Stone, but this will only magnify and potentially extend the grieving and bereavement process that should follow any significant loss.
There is a beauty (if you are prepared to look at life this way) to the process, it's rawness and what it reveals in character. It shows you are living and experiencing a meaningful life in all its extremes. I have thought that my photography could - and to some extent it has already (and when I think about it as I write these words, it is the very reason I bought my first small digital camera way back Dec 2000) - pursue this direction. They are often markers and important references in your life as you move forward. I have found great comfort in my photographs.
I Wrote this for You on Heart:
If you carry someone in your heart for too long, it will become heavy..
via The Sky Has Weight by I Wrote this for You (Iain S. Thomas.
Nothing the matter with a heavy heart. At least you know you have a heart and that's all you need to live, to be grateful for what you had and to be happy just for that. I realised this a long time ago and it is how I choose to live my life. Today, the first cold day of winter, it shone through a little brighter than normal.
Iain S. Thomas on Heart:
I am saying: risk squeezing your heart, because I believe there's goodness there, for both you and the world.Sure, maybe it'll be made of stone.
But if you squeeze it hard enough, you'll get blood
via The Risks of Never Reaching Inside Your Own Chest by Iain S. Thomas.
StreetShooter writes on Photography and Intent:
Here’s some things I discovered and figured out. I am not claiming to be the inventor or Doctor of Photography. I am just a guy that’s made photography a very important of my existence and these are things I try to live by.via Streetshooter … Thoughts and Findings … Defining and Finding “Intent” by StreetShooter.There are 3 facets to photography. Eye, Heart and Mind. The Important thing is INTENT. Try to visualize a Pie. In the center is INTENT. Equally at three points are Eye, Heart and Mind. There are 3 parts because Intent is why you do things and not how you do things. The other 3 are how you do things.
All parts are the sum of one and effect each other at different times.
Art is partly about changing material into thought, but, for many artists, it is also about changing yourself through the process of making the art and moving past the limitations of your daily circumstances.via Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have earned a second chance by Matthew Sleeth.My heart goes out to Myuran and Andrew and their Families and Friends. Their story of transformation and support is inspiring and it is this that I will take from the pain and suffering we witness and feel in ourselves, as their imminent executions unfold before us:
Very few people ever materially change their lives; I mean really change their lives, not just fiddle around the edges. It's very difficult to do and takes a great deal of courage, support and time. [..] The definition of rehabilitation is becoming a better, changed person and both Myu and Andrew have achieved this through their own courage and the support they have received from their community.It is hard to know what to say in this time. All I think I can say is thank you Myuran and Andrew, your transformations and strength of character inspires me to be a better person in my own life. May you be blessed.
