Why a photography Workshop.... The decision to start this photography workshop has been so challenging facing so many of my own beliefs and fears, which normally would prevent me from acting on my dreams. Last night however I spent the evening with a group of amazingly inspirational people and I had the opportunity to explain a bit about what this course will be about and what motivated me to do what I am doing. I actually surprised myself at the passion, which was sparked inside of me. My motivations were at a much higher level than I even knew. I was driven to bring into the awareness of the group a deeper understanding of this amazing art and to bring to the table the opportunity, which I was not offered. *As a student I am constantly in search of a holistic view, I want to know how my camera works, but I want to know WHY! * YES I wanted be given processes to survive in the commercial mainstream, BUT I want to be inspired to take risks and encouraged to find my own style as an artist! NOT to replicate the work of others. *I needed something that was local, flexible and affordable which still offered a level of professionalism. *I wanted a mentor! Someone who was as passionate as me about what they did, in an intimate forum where I felt I was understood as an artist rather than a student there to learn and not contribute. Somewhere on my journey to learn the art, amongst the multitude of conflicting courses, magazines and tutorials, I became confused. I lost myself as an artist, struggling to reconcile in my mind between my own sense of style and the demands of the commercial mainstream. I have experienced the feeling of intimidation by the work of others and the fear that my work was not good enough. This intimidation and fear for a long time blocked the creative process so much, that I lost interest in shooting. These fears are ones that we all have, and when we are expressing ourselves artistically it on such a vulnerable level our experiences directly affect and can be seen in our work. I want this workshop to facilitate for students that which I craved in my learning, but it will also assist me in removing my creative blocks, inspiring and propelling me into a new direction with my work. I have always known that we are all different and therefore our art would be inherently different but I now BELIEVE that this uniqueness is something to be admired in ourselves not feared and hidden. No photograph is good or bad…just different! As long as YOU like it, in art just as in life we are our own worst critic! It is not easy to start something new, it is not easy to trust that when you invest in yourself and your dreams financially that it will pay off...but this is what I am doing. I believe in my idea, that my take on this subject matter "photography" is different! I am not saying I know everything about photography! There is no possible way anyone could, this is evident in the fact people from many industries spend years focusing all their attention on perfecting their chosen fields and photography is no different! However, it is in my personality to explore, I am not the type of person to focus all my energy on growing one particular specialty. I endeavor in this lifetime to find out as much I can about this art and explore areas which I have not and constantly revisit others with my ever expanding conglomeration of photographic techniques. There is not one day that passes which we are not interacting with this vast art form, viewing it, critiquing it, doing it! but so little of us know what photography is, how it works and what defines it!! I have had a lot of people who said they are looking for a more advanced course but this course is designed to take us back to basics and to be inspired by these basics and de-complicate this overly technical and left brained process we call PHOTOGRAPHY. I believe photography is as difficult and you want it to be, as photographers we work within boundaries and it is our skill to work within our limitations and our sense of style that creates the professional photographic artist! So universe I am putting it out there, YES I need to profit from this venture, I need to be able to support myself financially just like everyone else……but this is NOT my motivation! I want to teach, inspire, share, learn and create PHOTOGRAPHY….I believe in what I am CREATING, and I trust that the people who need this experience will come. It is the law if attraction, there is no other option other than for it to manifest into my reality!!
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 04:17:02 +0000
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