5,6,7,8… Jay Rodriguez – Black & White Photo Project.
January 8, 2012 – 7:01 pm | by J. RodriguezBelow are the images for Day’s 5, 6, 7 and 8. I have no story for them today. Just the images. Enjoy!
| Posted in » Your vision is not broken… Day 3 & 4 – Jay Rodriguez 90Day B&W Photo Project.
January 4, 2012 – 11:47 pm | by J. Rodriguez
When you get in this craft there will be many obstacles you’ll need to get up, over and around from. It takes time to understand and develop and style when shooting pictures. Time and time again when your just snapping away you will waste tons of energy not getting the shot, this is part of the challenge. Think of it as an exercise and you build you way and opening the doors to your creativity. Never sit there and think that you have no vision, no talent and your just wasting time in just doing nothing.
Its not just about vision or talent, I’ve learned that the hard way. It also involves communicating, having a open and free mind and time… Time is precious when you want to make a picture with meaning.
Day four (4) right after 3… They say its not always about gear… well, that’s partially the truth!
Day in and day out over the internet you’ll constantly hear “Good gear is better” or “It’s not always about the gear” and “The best gear helps you make better pictures”. Well, in my opinion all of it is partially true.
- Good gear is better – Yes, good gear is better when your getting serious about photography. The better the gear the more knowledge you’ll embed in your brain on handling gear. Also, better gear lasts longer over the years and better photography gear takes a bigger beating while you on the job.
- It’s not always about the gear – Yes, once again, partially true. depending on what kind of photography your into the. Once you take on this craft and jump more and more complicated jobs with bigger budgets, you’ll bump into challenges that need to get resolved right there right now! Always having the right gear for your paid or non-paid photography projects is always important. I mean, you choose to do this as a career right!
- Better gear helps you make better pictures – True, True and always True!
If this weren’t true we would still be shooting film! Imagine learning photography in those days!
Some of you may not agree to many of my posts during my 90 day Black & White photography venture, some of you will agree to a certain level. These posts are written everyday to help inspire. Give you a different approach at things, and not to be bias on photography tools and techniques. We all start from the ground up. A point-n-shoot, a camera phone or your simply just taking pictures and want non-bias answer to things. As my venture goes on I will be posting more and more interesting subjects, images and sharing insight of things on how I look at it from my point of view. If you have crits or comments please share them. Everyone is free to share their visual thoughts!
LataZzzz…
~Jay
Day 2 – 90Day B&W Photo – Pistachios, Cashews and Almonds = We’re All Nuts!!!
January 2, 2012 – 7:27 pm | by J. Rodriguez
The one thing Pistachios, Cashews and Almonds have in commons is that their all nuts. Just like we are about many things. Like photography, lenses, gear, applications/software and more. The one thing we keep forgetting to focus on is our ability to take a raw image straight out of the camera and give a meaning to it. We always forget to carefully look into the image instead of “at” the image and look for its purpose on the folder we place them in and forget they’ve ever existed after a couple of hours.
Sometimes it take patience along with a clear mind to go out and shoot in a relaxing area and make awesome images. Now that it is a new year we all need to focus on the knowledge we all have ingested from all the workshops and online classes we’ve taken and put our eyes and brains to the test. Go out and shoot! I don’t care what it is, squirrels, train tracks, brick walls or bridges. Go out and shoot what you like. Shoot on fully manual… “FULLY MANUAL” – put the leans and camera to the test. Go out and make that Multi-Hundred/Thousand dollar machine your bitch!
Okay, enough with the loungin’ its 2012 dammit!
January 1, 2012 – 11:32 pm | by J. Rodriguez
Happy New Year Everyone!
Okay, its 2012 and now its time to get back in the groove of things and get shooting for the love of it. As you may remember I started the 90 Day Black & White Photography project back in October of 2011. I had a pretty good start at things then the end of the year brought me some challenging obstacles I needed to get out of the way.
So, back to the beginning from Day 1 (one) all the way to Day 90, I will be bringing you all images from my everyday travels and challenges. I will show you very minor edited images and true to form as I see them. My goal is to create great pictures and try my best and create inspiration to you all. So, once again the journey continues here everyday for the next 90 Days.
Happy New Year to you all, happy shooting! #ClickClickPOW
There’s been a Delay…..
November 30, 2011 – 11:52 pm | by J. Rodriguez
If you haven’t already guessed, there’s been a delay!
My 90 Day Black & White Photography project has been put on hold for a while. I have been working on some end of the year paid projects and my focus needs to be dedicated to solely that for now. I’m going to go all out and finish this year with a great feeling. Started some jobs that I was in line for and finished them with happy returning clients. Now all I have is one more to finish up and BOOM! Back to the beginning again.
I’ll be starting the 90 Day Black & White project again on January 1st 2012 all the way to my BDay, March 1st. I’ll be dedicated to that at the end of my everyday life and will be sharing content with you all as the day come and go. Sorry for not keeping you all updated on this. See you all on the New Year!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Be the KING of your element… Day 13 – 90 Day B&W Project
October 13, 2011 – 9:41 pm | by J. Rodriguez
Be the king of your element, your shoot, your ideas, your business. Letting anyone else take charge will only help you feel incomplete! Take charge… don’t back down!
-Jay
When the smoke clears… Day 12 – 90 Day B&W Project
October 12, 2011 – 6:18 pm | by J. Rodriguez
When the smoke clears everything you’ve been trying to avoid will still be there waiting for you. Face your fears, go out and shoot. Socialize with others in your local area. Socialize with others in other neighborhoods. Grab a hold of some business cards, flyers or what ever it is you have with information leading to you and your services online. This is the first step of “Word of Mouth Marketing”.
You never know, someone’s bound to call!
