… you press the shutter button. The reality is frozen on the on the film. It doesn’t matter what it looked like before. What matters is that what you have a natural photograph. Your photo frame will tell you the full story. The real world has been distorted, subjectively capturing the mood as you press the shutter button.
Photography is very subjective, and all based on individual character. The same object, the same situation can be displayed in so many ways.
I’m a self-taught photographer, born in Cracow in 1981 and am now living and working in the Masovian district in Poland. I am currently working as an art director in one of the AD agencies. Photography is my passion and I am I try to keep my cameras with me all the time. I shoot my photographs with the Nikon D90 camera and the analog Zorkij-4. Sometimes I shoot with Zenith cameras. I’m at a crossroads but I believe that analog photography is more attractive to me. Using an analog for photography makes me think that much more. I have only 36 photos on film and I have to wait to see them all. It’s very exciting to wait and finally see my images. At the moment, I am trying to focus on analog photography. It’s so awesome that with only a few parameters you can take a photo.
Sometimes photography does not always tell the truth. Some photographers try to distort reality – this is one of the coolest things about photography. Taking a photo doesn’t mean that I want to be impartial. I just want to show situations in my particular subjective perception.
Every image, object, every single frame inspires me. I love to shoot from different angles and positions. I love to think of photography as a distorting reality. I don’t want to just take a picture. I want to show different points of view. I love ordinary photos that become not ordinary. I think this is the point – to show men, women, structures like bridges, landscapes, or something else unusual.
I have been influenced by the Flickr member photographers mainly. It’s a great pleasure to see photographs by: BeboFlickr, CubaGallery, brookeshaden, neamoscou, Maciej Dakowicz and others. I visit many photo webpages and photo blogs.
I love portrait photography. Some photographers display an intrinsic artistic ability, others not so much. I love when people are just natural and not concerned when I take a photograph. They are just living life and being themselves. It’s pleasure to work with such photo subjects. In portrait photography I like to capture moods and emotions. Elusive moments I catch on my camera are the most beautiful.
I am still learning and I trying to take my best photo. Hope you like my photo works. These are my thoughts and emotions in them. Only moments are beautiful in your life – try to catch them.
Links:
Website: http://www.srook.pl
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Beautiful writeup. I want to venture into analog photography too and this is inspiring.
I totally agree with your thoughts about photography and great to find someone who has similar thoughts.