I seem to be having more & more of these crossroads that I come to in my photographic journey. For the past 3-4 months I've been craving more megapixels in my camera. I came from a Sony A7S II which was a 12 megapixel full frame sensor, to what I shoot exclusively with now, my Fuji XT2 which is a 24mp crop frame, I love this camera! However that's only a tiny part of my dilemma, I'm starting to feel lost as far as which direction I should take my creativity, the high road or low road?!
I had a nice chat with a good friend of mine, who's an excellent photographer himself & whom I respect very much! He pretty much solidified my thoughts & helped nudge me into the right direction. Every time I've come to these crossroads it seems to be a stepping stone to move my art into another direction & so far it's been for the best. At times I wish someone could read what's in my heart & just tell me, this is your path. But I know that if that was the case, it would be a hallow path & nothing would be gained mentally, or spiritually & I'd be disappointed at the end of the road.
So I've been thinking about a lot of things that I want to experiment with & experience. In fact I've actually started. You may have noticed that I'm shooting more in the vertical orientation for the past month. I'm trying to isolate my subject by getting closer & have stronger compositions by leading the viewers into my image. By shooting vertically I eliminate any distractions off the the sides. Just a start but my vision is clearing & I'm not so lost anymore! I have other things I want to explore & will unveil them as I shoot. Another step I'd like to take is to have my work critiqued by a professional photographer, whom I respect. I already have a couple of people in mind, I know it's going to be tough but hopefully I can learn from their critiques.
Mahalo's for the listen my friends, always appreciated!
Aloha a hui hou my friends!
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