Editing makes me dizzy.
Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under editing, me
After a few days of trying to gather up images for College Photographer of the Year(CPOY) I don’t know left from right anymore or good images from bad. Although in my case it’s been easier to spot bad images since I seem pretty good at making those.
The only given it feels like is that the more you look at your work the more you hate it. It doesn’t take long and all your weaknesses seem to start leaking out of every crevice.
As Melissa pointed out on the APAD blog her favorite post on the new The Photo Editor blog is one that deals with the idea that everyone takes bad pictures. (You should have both blogs on your RSS feed if you don’t already.)
As many people say you’re only as good as your weakest image.
Here are a few images from a project I was working on last spring that I’m trying to edit into a tight essay.
I’m calling it American Trucker. It’s a personal exploration and commentary on an occupation(truck driving) that’s fascinated me since I was a kid.
Yep you guessed it. That’s me as a wee tot not knowing that in time I’d explore a topic I spent a decent amount of my childhood around.
Further Reading:
Tags: editing, me, personal, portraits, truckers
September 22nd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
hey tim,
i agree, it’s so frustrating to look at your own work. but, very humbling at the same time. hope all is well and i’ve been enjoying the blog.
-max
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:19 am
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September 25th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
tim…
i know it is hard…you are on the right track…it is about connections…how one picture speaks to the others, or expands on the others.
your trucker series is a great example of this…i think about what is going on in your mind when you take these pictures…something that is not easily defined when you push the shutter, but becomes more apparent as you go through your edit…
your vision is different…strange and unusual.
keep it up.
kyle
September 25th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Thanks Max. I hope Illinois is treating you well.
Thanks Kyle, I’ll hopefully see you in a few weeks when my girlfriend and I head to Blacksburg to see her family?
September 27th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
tim…
sounds great…i am on the desk all month…give me a call when you get into town.
kyle
November 1st, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Hey Tim keep up the good work and continue to always look
to better yourself and the people around you.
Looking for jenns blog help me out.