Canon 20D, Sigma 18-125mm f3.5-5.6I have finally gotten the Print of the Month up for July of 2007. I am a bit later than I wanted as usual, but the site is growing daily and this was unfortunate to be left for a bit later than I wanted.
I wish I could fire my I.T. department but then I would have to look for work elsewhere so I am going to let myself go on this one again. Such is life.
This photograph is another from the Ruby Valley Project. I have been shooting and editing this project for years (shooting seriously for 9 months solid of that time). This project was both a lesson of focus and of love. I had to focus on one single place with so many huge areas of potential for months at a time. Before I left the valley in northern Nevada I had loved and hated the place on a roller coaster ride of artistic emotion so many times I can hardly count. Now that I am not living there for at least the moment I miss it dearly. I feel that I have not yet even tapped actual potential that may exist there after photographing for about 9 months.
Anyway enough rambling about the RVProject. It will soon be available as a monograph or set of monographs depending on what I end up with. I am currently working through about 20,000 images that have already gone through rough editing several times (removing obvious duds and keeping only keepers...) and now are being giving a final work through. I am excited to see how the project will shape itself. I think that I am currently headed for a three part monograph with maybe around 100 photos total, if I can narrow it down that much.
So the moral of this post is to edit after your shoot the same day, but also that projects really do often shape them selves into what they need and ought to be if they are given the time needed for the spirit and creativity present in the subject to show through.
Have a great day and have fun making photographs today!
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