Emotion is a powerful tool, and it is often essential to the photographic process and our ability to motivate ourselves and find the best versions of our creative selves. On the other hand, emotion can be a dangerous thing that leads you down the wrong path if you are not careful. This fantastic video essay discusses both the pros and cons of emotion in photography to help you make the most of it.
Coming to you from aows, this insightful video essay discusses the pros and cons of emotion in photography. I think this is something really important to consider. It can be sneakily easy to become overly attached to images because you have an emotional connection to their content or the process of their creation, but you have to remember that your viewer may not feel those same emotions or even be aware of the connections that brought them out in you. As such, you must have the ability to divorce your emotions from your ability to evaluate the merit of an image. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't keep those photos that have strong personal meaning for you, but if you plan to share them with the world, try to give them a more objective look. Check out the video above for the full rundown.
This has always been a challenge for me. Sometimes the effort/soul put into a photograph doesn't result in an image that evokes the same response in the viewer. Those are personal wins, and to be kept in our personal collections.
Couldn't agree more
really important to know