Photo1Q4.27: Q4 Photo Goals

Overall, up to this point, I believe that my skills in terms of camera control are still at the same level. I feel that I've reached a ceiling in terms of camera control since I work all the time in manual. Though, of course, there are definitely different things that I could add on and learn about such as 2nd curtain photography or color profiles. If anything, I think that my camera body should be upgraded in order to further my knowledge in photography without using old technology (my current camera body is 3 years old).

Taking creative risks and challenging myself artistically was definitely a bit of a struggle last quarter, so I hope to immensely further these skills instead of staying in my shell of photography. That means discovering different avenues of stories to tell, ways to tell it, and working with different people in order to transcend challenging myself artistically.

Knowing that this quarter will be spent on creative expression and self-portraits, I feel that this will be my "make it or break it" moment. The entire school year has led up to this point, and this is the type of photography I'm best in. But in order to prove to myself that I have a place in this avenue of photography, I need to integrate effective storytelling into my self portraits a lot more and rely much less on candid shots that I usually am used to taking. I hope to finish off this year strong.