The end of the year approaching and so it was also time this morning to post the last photo of the Urban Geometry photography project. A year has passed since I decided to post 1 photo a day, something that was different from the others, not sliding back into a comfortzone of similar line play, but searching for that other angle in buildings and objects. It has been sometimes hard to find these unique ones and on other occasions a city did not stopped giving me good locations with my memory cards running full very fast. It sounded easy a year a go, post one photo each day.
But it is not only getting outside to search for the photo but the time that goes into editing was a thing that slipped my mind. Hard work, but it thought me a lot over the last year about photography, architecture, editing and myself. Pushing my limits every time. Sometimes wondering what the hell did I get myself into with this project and in other moments looking back and only feeling proud of the results, seeing myself grow through the photos.
The leap year gave me one extra day to fill, so the 365 became 366, and when December was coming closer the question rose what then…? Simple. A new challenge for myself, a new project. Now to pick a subject. I have started this year also an animal portraits project something totally different then photographing buildings and that has challenged me to work with living creatures that move and don’t always cooperate to capture their unique side and personality with the camera.
I just could not decided on a new theme, help from you all was needed. I asked on Twitter and Facebook what it was that you all would like to see. Am I doing more black & white, or getting closer or even macro? Do you want to see urban objects or should I just continue with #UrbanGeometry as I now have done? The results were close to each other. Black and white together with close up/macro seemed to have won, but the urban geometry also came back strong in the end.
So, what will be next? I will not abandon my love for lines, structures and architecture. So more urban geometry will be passing by from time to time, this is also the case for the animal portraits. So much more still to learn there, I am not done. But those will not be bound anymore by the restrictions set of the projects.
As a project close up and macro will be my next challenge. Sounds easy does it not? Well, I want to play more with effects and lighting so this will be a learning curve again, always keep challenging your self. From buildings and a distance I need to get up close and personal. I will look for the black & white more then I have done before and if I can combine this all with some good geometry then I will not leave a chance to show you that. Will it be daily? No. With my current study and desires to pick that brush up again and paint it will be a big challenge so the daily will become weekly, starting the 1st of January 2017.
Want to see the complete works of the projects in the meantime? Check out #UrbanGeometry and #AnimalPortrait for an overview. I have been playing with the idea of creating a photo book of the urban geometry and will be building that this month with the project done. If you are interested in buying one, please let me know…
Cheers,
Ansgar
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