Who are these people that blog every day? Gods, they must be. I am a mere mortal.
Posting a nice, calming bay-side shot today, to counteract the nightmare that is the topic of this blog post - which I suspect is also the nightmare of other SoFoBoMo participants: the number 35.
That number is really starting to worry me. Mainly this is because I am not what you would call a prolific photographer. Coming up with a half dozen shots during any particular month is usually my speed. How in the world will I manage 35 in a month for SoFoBoMo? Less than a month, even - I probably can't stretch the image-producing side of things longer than 3 weeks, in order to allow enough time in the final days to produce a nice PDF layout.
So I will pursue the tactic that I'm noticing others have mentioned in their blogs too - have more than one project or theme, in case one project ends up being not as photographically lucrative as another - as a backup. And then have a backup to that backup, even, just in case.
I've spoken before about having the general theme of "photographic serendipities", and how I aim to explore that theme with double exposures. I'm now thinking of extending that to include long exposures as well - two techniques serving the same theme. A backup within the same project, if you will. And...then there's the infrared clouds backup, and the backup to that backup - doing more work with pinhole and zoneplate photography. No particular subject matter for the pinhole/zp, just the use of the technique.
Of course, I might end up making things worse by having more than one focus. Instead of striving for 35, I'm striving for 105! But for right now, the multiple projects ease the worry that I might hit a wall in my chosen project that will endanger my ability to achieve the magic 35 "keeper" images. I'll have other options, at least, if the inspiration just isn't there at the appointed time with the main project.
Oh, and with the help of RKT (see "Sites I Like", to the right --->) I finally figured out how to host larger images on the blog, so all the previous posts have resized images too. Hope you like the new look!
Karen, thanks for your comment on my blog. As another mere mortal who struggles to post once or twice a week, I empathize with your concerns over the SoFoBoMo project but just hope to have some fun with it. Best of luck with your 'serendipties'.
ReplyDeleteI am way too hyperactive to be able to restrict myself to a single project at a time. I'm not sure whether that is a good thing or not, but it isn't exactly a choice. My Bromoil prints normally take me a couple of weeks before I an satisfied with what I have created, so for me a single project would not be possible. OTOH, I participate in club competition because the theme often forces me into areas I would otherwise not go, so being forced out of one's comfort zone is not necessarily a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteI am not familiar with the SoFoBoMo project, but I like the image at the top of this post, which shows considerable thought, so at the very least you have an excellent start.
I'm not terribly keen on "35" either. Even 30 seems more manageable. I fear having pictures I don't really like become part of a book simply because I'm supposed to meet a number. I want to produce a quality book...not just a book for books sake. A book someone else might actually enjoy looking at.
ReplyDelete...now I just have to settle on a theme. Ugh.
And you know what? Putting images in Picasa for the larger sizes quit working for me for some reason...so now I'm back to Flickr...grrrr,