This is my first blog post, so I thought I'd give you a little background information. As I mentioned above, my blog is primarily concerned with photography. However, I could only be referred to as a beginner as far as technical photography skill is concerned. Actually, I have been truly serious about taking photographs for less than a year. Where this seriousness wil take me, I have no idea. I just know that I really enjoy learning about this creative medium, both from practical experience and from ploughing though publications.
Originally, I was a painter. I studied for five years at Art school in Australia, at which time I took classes in Graphic Design, Photography, Film as well as my majors of Painting and Drawing. For around 15 years following my graduation, I continued to paint and exhibit my work (with varying degrees of success). Throughout this time, I also enjoyed traveling and visited over 30 countries. This curiousity in cultures not my own eventually brought me to Japan, where I have lived for more than eleven years.
Unfortunately, living and working in Japan meant, through a variety of circumstances, that I no longer had the space, energy or inclination to paint. What didn't change, however, was the way my mind works and the concepts that pump through my imagination on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis. My training has been in the principles of conceptual perception, and for many years this was a personal experience. Until I eventual found an outlet in photography.
So, in this blog I want to throw around some ideas about creative processes, technique, equipment, style and other general imaginings. To keep it all structured I'll title my entries under words beginning with "P"... like photo (and publish):
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