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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 340973" data-attributes="member: 1061"><p>I hope you didn't pay too much for that hour talk, because that's pretty poor advice and goes against the very definition of what a project is. No, you don't need a 20-page thesis and an outline, but you still haven't answered the question: why? What is this project about? <em>"Oh, I'll just take pics of some people and hope it all falls into place later"</em> isn't a very good approach. Everyone is going to have their own interpretation and feeling about any image, but with a project, there has to be some common theme. Some underlying tone that unites the images and gives the project purpose.</p><p></p><p>Photo projects are tough, and some can take years to complete. Others can be quirky, like <a href="http://ofbeardsandmen.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=39975&Akey=W568XGL8" target="_blank">Of Beards and Men</a> (one of my favorites). I'm not saying that you need to know exactly how to get where you're going with this before you begin, but you need to at least know the destination. The map is something you can develop.</p><p></p><p>You shouldn't have to explain that your subjects had fun behind the scenes, it should show through in the images.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 340973, member: 1061"] I hope you didn't pay too much for that hour talk, because that's pretty poor advice and goes against the very definition of what a project is. No, you don't need a 20-page thesis and an outline, but you still haven't answered the question: why? What is this project about? [I]"Oh, I'll just take pics of some people and hope it all falls into place later"[/I] isn't a very good approach. Everyone is going to have their own interpretation and feeling about any image, but with a project, there has to be some common theme. Some underlying tone that unites the images and gives the project purpose. Photo projects are tough, and some can take years to complete. Others can be quirky, like [URL="http://ofbeardsandmen.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=39975&Akey=W568XGL8"]Of Beards and Men[/URL] (one of my favorites). I'm not saying that you need to know exactly how to get where you're going with this before you begin, but you need to at least know the destination. The map is something you can develop. You shouldn't have to explain that your subjects had fun behind the scenes, it should show through in the images. [/QUOTE]
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