Lately, I’ve been quite disappointed with the photos I’ve been taking. From a kid’s birthday party to my Borneo pics, there’s something about every shoot that I find glaringly imperfect. Yes, I am a perfectionist and it bugs me to no end staring at the mistakes. Yes, I know it’s a learning process and all that, but still I hate to publish pics that I’m not 100% satisfied that they’re good enough.
To make it worse, I’m stuck in a creative rut right now. When I hold my guitar, nothing new or interesting comes out. When I look into my camera’s viewfinder, I don’t see anything riveting that makes me want to press the shutter button.
So, enough of making excuses, I thought its time to do other things that might hopefully inspire me again. I’ve been catching up on films and series I’ve always wanted to watch, going out with friends and meeting new people. To be honest, not every encounter has proven to be fruitful but there’s one activity which is starting to feel rather promising as a creativity fix.
On my iPhone, I have an app called Polarize, which essentially transforms a normal picture taken into what looks like a digital polaroid pic. Yes, of course the purists will say nothing can replace analog polaroids but hey, I live in a digital age. Here’s three from my new Pointless Polaroids collection, I hope you like it.
obviously i’m no expert. i thought most of the photos you took were brilliant, not in an ordinary way. since these 2 passed yr strict judgement, u must be pretty happy with them.
the can looks awfully lonely and vulnerable. glad the light found him.
Thank you. The can shot was my first, and I’m quite pleased it managed to capture some mood/emotion. Glad you liked it too.