Leading a Photographic Life, learning to live a creative life.
I was again listening to a podcast called The Candid Frame by Ibarionex Experello (available free on iTunes) and for the 12/6/09 episode there was an interview with Chase Jarvis. Chase is a well known younger photographer who has created quite a buzz with his discussion of the BEST CAMERA. The best camera being the one you have WITH YOU. I believe he has an iPhone app called BEST CAMERA and a blog and perhaps a book about this idea as well. He is also a very well know commercial / advertising photographer with many national and international clients.
In any case the discussion was about leading a photographic life and learning to live a creative life. It made me want to look over some pictures that I have taken and just share them here. I decided to look through my 500 GB drive and look at some memorable images and share them here. These are all recent images when you consider that I have been an avid photographer since I was in Jr. High School many, many, many years ago. So, since I have not taken any pictures for a couple weeks, here goes.
First, here is a picture of my home in winter. I’ve been thinking about it more as I think more about my country barn photography studio. Right now I don’t have a studio, but when we built our new horse barn we build in a large room and upstairs room in it so that some day I could make it into a portrait studio. It’s just not as fun right now to take portraits of people when the trees are bare, the grass is brown, and it is 16 degrees outside. With a studio I could take indoor studio portraits and shoot year round.
When I was in Jr. High School and High School I carried my camera everywhere I went. Now I carry my camera much less, but when I do the opportunities abound for a creative life. Chase’s challenge was to take pictures everywhere and use the camera you have, your cell phone camera. Almost everyone has a cell phone camera now and it is a matter of taking the initiative to get it out and use it where ever you are. I thought this was an interesting challenge and it just made me think of memorable images and pictures that would never have happened had I not had my camera with me. These next images were not taken with my cell phone camera, but they are memorable images from the recent past which I thought I would share.
The next four images are from the Peace Point Endurance Ride. The first image is in the morning before the endurance ride started. The photo of the children became the cover image for ENDURANCE NEWS, the publication of the American Endurance News Conference. The other is a point in the day when the water was reflecting the riders as they entered the river first to let the horses drink, then to cross past me as they continued to compete. One rider was using a sponge to cool her horse. She had great technique as she would drop the sponge in the water and bring it back up into her hand using a string.
The next three images are from two different vacations that Patty and I have taken in the past several years. They represent the beautiful places and the beautiful people we have encountered. It seems to me that I see many beautiful people and places where ever I go, however on vacation I make a particular point of recording the images. These make me think that I should be wearing my camera more often the way I used to when I was young. One picture is of a dance demonstration. Another is the wonderful place we stayed. and last is a fun exchange with a street vendor down the beach from where we were. It was fun to see this man and my wife interact as she expressed and interest in some of his wears.
I hope you enjoyed my little visual vacation. Pictures and portraits can bring back strong memories. I think that is why I enjoy taking pictures and portraits so much. This podcast challenged me to keep my camera more handy and if it is not available to use my iPhone to record images. It also made me want to start work on my country barn photography studio soon so that I can lead a photographic life, a life of creativity.
Blogging from my iPhone
I’m testing making a blog post from my iPhone.
