“romantic creative or some shit” (May 31-June 17 2022)
June 5th I was getting drinks with a friend— catching up, shootin’ the shit, you know how friends do. At some point in the conversation, we started reflecting about where we thought we were in our creative endeavors and where we wanted to go. I can’t speak for them, but for me I had come to the conclusion that I’m a very technical photographer: Decently exposed, focus is sharp, playing by the rules of composition, etc. But that I wanted to work on being less technical and more creative? Expressive? Okay with imperfection? Not sure what I’d call it, to be honest.
I picked up a Rollei 35 that was given to me a few years ago and shot 2 rolls of HP5. The catch is that the light meter doesn’t work and it’s an uncoupled rangefinder— Framing? Exposure? Focus? Don’t know her— Guess correctly, is my best advice.
There’s some cliche line that I heard a while back to the tune of: look at what they photograph and you can tell what they love. Because at the end of the day, in 20 years, when you look back and ask: “Do you remember this day?” None of the technical things matter.
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Me: Shoot film of your time there so in 20 years that shit be romanticized af
Friend: You have good ideas
Me: It’s like I’m a romantic creative or some shit
Friend: You truly are
Me: I know, it’s quite unfortunate, huh
