A New Direction

So far this semester I’ve been exploring a voice that writes about perspectives gained through past travel. I’ve learned to write more concisely. I’ve also learned to think about what I want an audience to take away, and so comes a shift in the blog. The new blog will incorporate photography and the setting will be my here and now.

Washington, DC in the summer is packed with tourists snapping shots of the landmarks and attractions. My blog will reflect the DC summer-time experience of a resident and trained photographer. I think a new name and “about” is in order, though this pseudonym will be closely linked to my “true” online presence.

That presence should be more focused and reflective of both my photography and writing skills. It needs to be brought up to date, which is why I chose a current perspective.

 I had considered reshaping the blog but continuing in Israel (Inside the Bubble: One Photographers Year in Tel Aviv). But that lens is a few years old and it’s fixed.

Creating fresh photography and writing about it is a challenge I can be passionate about and which will push involvement in the community.  For example, I contacted a local free program of courses called “Knowledge Commons DC” as I saw they needed volunteers to document their classes (which range from bookmaking and documentary sound recording to experimental drawing in the zoo). Unfortunately their summer classes are only held in June, but that’s just one idea of something I could incorporate into the blog.

The challenge will be making time to make photographs that can be backed up substantially with words and as usual, to narrow focus and develop tone.

Will the writing contain more personalized descriptions or will it develop into a reporter-like blog? Will it focus on describing the process and reasoning behind a photo and add in comments on technological developments? Will some mix of the two be appropriate?

I plan to figure these things out as the blog progresses and as I think more about what I hope to accomplish through my online presence.