make your photos speak

I recently mentioned here that practicing sometimes entails taking between 24-100 photos a day. I mentioned that figure again this past Wednesday when I taught a photography seminar. Both times I was greeted by astonishment and the question did you really take that many photos every day.

I did. It started with my first digital camera. I knew that I could not afford to continue to shoot as much as I was shooting if I stuck with film, so I lobbied for a digital camera. My first camera was a Vivicam 10 whose images were 640X480. My objective was to convince everyone that a good digital camera was worth the money. So I took photos every single day and sent them to my family. The ease of a no-brainer point-and-shoot camera made this simple and I began to develop my eye.

I soon became involved in various on-line photography forums and discovered a fabulous photographer named Jeanne Wells . I learned from a comment she made once that at one point in her career she made a point of shooting at least a roll of film a day. I made that my goal. When I got my current camera, which was the first Digital Rebel that was produced, I continued to pursue my objective.

For two years I took at least 24 photos a day and worked them up. The result. I know what to expect from my camera.

Below you will find some photos from my Vivicam days.

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