Photo Essay
SPRING
This was way out of my comfort zone. That was the point of course, and it felt good to be doing something that lies outside of what I grew to used to working at newspapers. Almost all of my work there was focused on light, moment, person; rather than the feel of an image. That was what I focused on here, how the photos I was making would make the viewer feel.
My biggest problem here was not in the shooting but the editing. So much of what I’ve done has focused on literal images that I wasn’t sure how to edit my photos. I wasn’t sure if the point I was trying to convey was getting through. I found it even more difficult than usual to separate myself from my images during the editing process.
My other problem was that my audio blows goats. A big part of that is that I didn’t devote enough time to my interviews. I spent that time shooting, the thing I enjoy, as opposed to emailing and calling people, the thing that I loathe. I plan on spending a great deal of time before the re-submit correcting this error and will probably use my images during the interviews in order to elicit the kind of responses that will make for the audio component that I had in mind. A minor issue is that I don't care for my title all that much but that's an easy fix once inspiration strikes.
Overall I’m quite happy with how this is coming along and will continue to work on it in the future, perhaps a four part series on all of the seasons. It was a great exercise to get my creativity flowing and the images that I was making improved as I went along. Even if I don’t end up with something suitable for journalism this is the kind of project that I should tackle from time to time just to try something different from the norm
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