Photography is Easy...

Well today signalled the beginning of my study journey for the year. Have downloaded the readings and work for the first week - and there was quite a lot!

The intro paper looks pretty manageable, in that it's really just a refresher of what I already know, from looking at the outline. The hardest parts will be...

• Not being able to dip into exisiting images for assignments

• Having to shoot something new every week 

• Only using basic post processing tools

Haven't looked too closely at the second Photoshop paper, but at first glance it looks as though it will force me to break some bad habits and shortcuts I have developed... hmmm
Anyway, what really prompted me to write a blog post was this quote from one of my facilitators:

"Photography is easy, even phones can make pictures. Good photography takes just a little work, intent and thought but here's the really great thing... Great photography takes nothing else, just more of the same: some work, thought and intent. Just being here means you're on the path. The question is, how far down this path do you want to go?"

In addition, the challenge was issued to "Make the word intent yours from now on."

I know he is wanting to make us think of the purpose and message we are hoping to convey with our images... however I think this phrase has application for more than just my photography. Acting with deliberate intent may well be a theme for all the personal goals I have set for myself this year. All on the journey of making the most of 2017!

The picture:

At the Buskers Festival in Auckland.

My intent: To convey the seemingly perpetual motion of the juggler's clubs

Attempted by using multiple exposures in camera - which I am very much a novice at, but I was pleased with the attempt considering the light was hard and awful!