Comments on: Projects And Progress http://chantalstone.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/projects-and-progress/ All Things Photo...and occasionally something extra Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:26:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: The I2 Photoblogger Spotlight #4 — Instantly Iconic http://chantalstone.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/projects-and-progress/#comment-1451 The I2 Photoblogger Spotlight #4 — Instantly Iconic Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:42:05 +0000 http://chantalstone.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/projects-and-progress/#comment-1451 [...] should do yourself a favor and read her blog.  I especially like her Projects and Progress post in which she analyzes how her shooting style has changed over the years.  Also, she points to [...] [...] should do yourself a favor and read her blog.  I especially like her Projects and Progress post in which she analyzes how her shooting style has changed over the years.  Also, she points to [...]

]]> By: Doug Stockdale http://chantalstone.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/projects-and-progress/#comment-1446 Doug Stockdale Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:26:14 +0000 http://chantalstone.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/projects-and-progress/#comment-1446 Chantal, I want to encourage you with your project and wish you luck with your preserverance. I found that a project I started with over a year ago took a life of it's own. What (and evn How) I started photographing is not what I am seeing and experiencing now. Even if it meant that I had to go back to an original area and start photographing over again (that was a 4-1/2 hour drive one way!). I believe you can learn a lot about yourself in the process, so start and make it happen:- ) even if it is not finished this year. I keep remembering that a project is a process not a destination. Best regards, Doug Chantal,

I want to encourage you with your project and wish you luck with your preserverance. I found that a project I started with over a year ago took a life of it’s own. What (and evn How) I started photographing is not what I am seeing and experiencing now. Even if it meant that I had to go back to an original area and start photographing over again (that was a 4-1/2 hour drive one way!). I believe you can learn a lot about yourself in the process, so start and make it happen:- ) even if it is not finished this year. I keep remembering that a project is a process not a destination.

Best regards, Doug

]]> By: paul http://chantalstone.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/projects-and-progress/#comment-1444 paul Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:30:35 +0000 http://chantalstone.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/projects-and-progress/#comment-1444 Chantal, shooting from emotion is GREAT! I think that is the only way that we can portray what we feel. I couldn't imagine just going out and shooting in a detached manner. I think that the project is a great one. I remember summer and all of its fun: Playing in the rain, chasing the ice cream truck, building a ramp to jump over with my bike, riding down a hill in a shopping cart, riding my bike all across Akron, bowling, catching the bus to go swimming, going to the movies with friends, etc. I would LOVE to have an album with all, or even some, of my adventures. I'm really excited about your project and look forward to seeing it. Truly! I've often thought of doing one about my son and his basketball season. Over time, our 'vision' changes. We learn how to better portray what we feel. We gain mastery of our tools and therefore can be more expressive. We experiment, too. For me, I go back and forth between color and black and white, preferring black and white, which is where I started for economic reasons ... I could process it myself! Later, I preferred B&W for aesthetic reasons and still do prefer it, although I shoot a lot of color. I plan to make a book for each one of my projects, just one book. A book that I can look back on and smile. Perhaps I'll make a couple of books, one for us, one for my wife's parents. :-) You've gotten a good start here. I really like the one with both of your kids in the water and the sunlight reflecting off of the lake. It's very emotional and brings back fond memories for me of a wonderful and free time. I'm sure that, in their later years, they would enjoy your labor of love immensely. Everybody wins! Chantal, shooting from emotion is GREAT! I think that is the only way that we can portray what we feel. I couldn’t imagine just going out and shooting in a detached manner.

I think that the project is a great one. I remember summer and all of its fun: Playing in the rain, chasing the ice cream truck, building a ramp to jump over with my bike, riding down a hill in a shopping cart, riding my bike all across Akron, bowling, catching the bus to go swimming, going to the movies with friends, etc. I would LOVE to have an album with all, or even some, of my adventures.

I’m really excited about your project and look forward to seeing it. Truly! I’ve often thought of doing one about my son and his basketball season.

Over time, our ‘vision’ changes. We learn how to better portray what we feel. We gain mastery of our tools and therefore can be more expressive. We experiment, too. For me, I go back and forth between color and black and white, preferring black and white, which is where I started for economic reasons … I could process it myself! Later, I preferred B&W for aesthetic reasons and still do prefer it, although I shoot a lot of color.

I plan to make a book for each one of my projects, just one book. A book that I can look back on and smile. Perhaps I’ll make a couple of books, one for us, one for my wife’s parents. :-)

You’ve gotten a good start here. I really like the one with both of your kids in the water and the sunlight reflecting off of the lake. It’s very emotional and brings back fond memories for me of a wonderful and free time.

I’m sure that, in their later years, they would enjoy your labor of love immensely. Everybody wins!

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