Here are a couple of New Years resolutions that I am considering. I say considering because I am a bit single minded when it comes to these kinds of commitments. I usually stick to them life or death.
1)Shoot ONLY film in 2010. Period - No DSLR - absolutely none.
2)Shoot at least one decent frame a day - no cheating like picking up your camera and firing off a frame without leaving the same room.
3)Make one really good print per week - no exceptions.
4)Finish at least one big project. Finished means all of the negatives shot, processed and the final prints done. Finished means that there is at least one planned and executed exposure of those prints to the intended audience.
5)Use every single piece of analog gear that I own to make at least one good print. No buying anything in terms of equipment until that is either done or the unused gear is gone.
6)Shoot every single sheet or roll of film in my possession prior to buying any more. Of course I can order some if I am actually going to run out but no skipping the stuff that I don't feel like shooting.
7)Make some sort of scanning commitment and stick to it - this one is tough - maybe one LF sheet or one roll of film every single solitary time I sit down to do anything at the computer.
8)Take at least one good image of a member of my family and extended family every month. AND make a good print for me and for them.
9)Try to make at least one good exposure and one good print of a subject or situation that I "know" is not going to work every month - make it work.
10)No more "maybe" prints laying around - make a commitment on a print one way or another. Either print a final print and be done with it or trash the "tests" and "proofs" that are piling up everywhere. I am not saying to rush anything - live with a couple of tests or proofs - decide what to do and print. No more of the half way half assed copouts so that you can be on the fence when showing someone your "maybe" proofs. This is the biggest laziest copout strategy that I have - prints that are only work prints and not "finished"
Are any of these worthwhile, dangerous, sound familiar?
RB
1)Shoot ONLY film in 2010. Period - No DSLR - absolutely none.
2)Shoot at least one decent frame a day - no cheating like picking up your camera and firing off a frame without leaving the same room.
3)Make one really good print per week - no exceptions.
4)Finish at least one big project. Finished means all of the negatives shot, processed and the final prints done. Finished means that there is at least one planned and executed exposure of those prints to the intended audience.
5)Use every single piece of analog gear that I own to make at least one good print. No buying anything in terms of equipment until that is either done or the unused gear is gone.
6)Shoot every single sheet or roll of film in my possession prior to buying any more. Of course I can order some if I am actually going to run out but no skipping the stuff that I don't feel like shooting.
7)Make some sort of scanning commitment and stick to it - this one is tough - maybe one LF sheet or one roll of film every single solitary time I sit down to do anything at the computer.
8)Take at least one good image of a member of my family and extended family every month. AND make a good print for me and for them.
9)Try to make at least one good exposure and one good print of a subject or situation that I "know" is not going to work every month - make it work.
10)No more "maybe" prints laying around - make a commitment on a print one way or another. Either print a final print and be done with it or trash the "tests" and "proofs" that are piling up everywhere. I am not saying to rush anything - live with a couple of tests or proofs - decide what to do and print. No more of the half way half assed copouts so that you can be on the fence when showing someone your "maybe" proofs. This is the biggest laziest copout strategy that I have - prints that are only work prints and not "finished"
Are any of these worthwhile, dangerous, sound familiar?
RB