A picture is worth a1000 words
Until recently I wasn't making the best use of my time, I would instead of exercising my creative instincts choose to browse on my phone. It became apparent that like a lot of people wasn't using my time very wisely or creatively, I would stare fixated on the “social” world that is the internet — missing out on the miniature stories which were happening all around me.
To combat this problem I decided to neglect my phone instead of those around me. Doing so made me more observant and being visually curious I noticed little moments throughout my day to day travels that interested me, the people, the surroundings all had a special quirkiness about them and everyday you would witness something or someone new — even if it was the same person you saw they would mostly likely have a different visual story to tell.
This prompted me to take my Sony A6000 for walks as I felt this was the best way to capture these moments that happened to fly by far too quickly. Before I knew it I had delved into the realms of street photography…
A picture is worth a1000 words but do your images add up?
As a way to judge my skills as a photographer I asked myself this question. When doing street photography my eyes can only capture a few moments of interest at a time. I don’t see the whole picture, I don’t get the whole story. Only after I have taken the picture and look back do I see all which has conspired to give a picture it’s thousand word valuation.
At times I miss the shot I’m trying to get and other times I get it but every second there is another shot which could be an even greater than the last, adding more words and giving it more value.
To conclude as a creative exercise to rate my images, I have started to come up with titles and write short stories about my pictures. I stop when the stop ends and use the word count as a way to measure how interesting a picture is compared to the next.
Title: Act Natural — a story about a detective turned thief who’s face turns red when ever he lies.
522/1000 words
Title: Dumped — a story about a woman who got dumped by text and since then the heavens have never stopped raining over her.
274/1000 words
Title: Way Out — Passengers at the London Underground are unable to find their way out as signs have them walking an endless loop time after time.
671/1000 words
Title: Crowded — a story about a bar where customers don’t pay with money for their drinks, they pay with how long they waited. The longer they wait the more drinks they get.
591/1000 words
SPEECH L E S S — a tale about a homeless man and woman who lose their speech due to lack of communication so use tunnel art as a way of communication.
409/100 words
