Keeping An Open Mind

So many of the hobbyist photo folks I know seem rather rigid in their appreciation of photography. It is easy to fall into that trap, we all like what we like and shoot what we want but I think its extremely important to get past that limited type thinking. By opening ourselves up to work that we might not understand we enlarge our palette. It is like a person who only eats Western foods, if you open your taste buds a bit and start eating Japanese, African and South American dishes your bound to have better eating experiences. We all need to open our selves up to all types of photography, heck to all types of art! Do not be rigid in your thinking, do not make or follow stupid rules that inhibit you and your creativity.

Hopefully some of my former club people friends will show up at the coming group "Exposure" show. Even if you only like to photograph flowers, rocks, trees and or old farm buildings, why not try to see new things, in different ways?  That is why I try to visit exhibitions of all kinds, of all types of art (even the rock and flower stuff), not only subjects that are related directly to my main photo interests. It is so important as an artist to not place to many rules on your vision, we should all be able to learn from each other no matter what our photographic-art preferences are. Everyone can teach everyone something valuable.

Down with rigid thought and rules, lets learn from each other and create freely!