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RE: Preserving Tradition Through Photography

in Photography Lovers4 months ago

Memories can fade away quickly, especially, when you see so much in such a short time.

True, but is that a bad thing? Although I used to photograph a lot, in the analogue days, and early digital days, I slowed to almost zero. Two reasons. 1) When memories aren't preserved - or better said: close to the conscious mind - then the memory isn't that important, 2) When making tons of still images - and videos- the experience is different for ourselves, we get less into the moment, into whatever is what we are experiencing, we are somehow more bystanders instead. Last two Friday/'s I got this bystander feeling half the time I was atvery interesting sound/light shows. After the first performance, I decided I wanted to bring content to HIVE, showing what I was experiencing. And then I saw myself filming and clicking at least a quarter of the time. And in between I was thinking of how to make the next video. And annoyed when I just saw something I wanted to have in video. It drew me away from the experience itself.

Am wonder much: Do you experience/feel something similar?

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Do you experience/feel something similar?

Yes, this is not an isolated thing you experienced. Sometimes, when you want to capture and film everything, you kinda miss the other experience, which is seeing for yourself, spending time in front of whatever you are seeing, missing staring at the show of object and so on. Then you're wondering if you remember the actual, physical thing, or the photo you took as you mostly saw it through the lens.

You need some balance, which comes with time. You need to know how much importance to give to photographing and how much time to spend absorbing what you see with your own eyes. Otherwise the whole thing becomes just work.

I hope it makes sense what I'm saying.

Yes, makes much sense.