Beyond the studio.... thinking... reading... my thoughts...

Studio photography draws on two things - fine art and the history of art/ paintings. Paolo Roversi managed to move comfortably between producing his art work and producing work to sell in order to make a living for himself. I suppose the hope for any photographer is that the one will feed into the other. Images used commercially need to be 'easily consumed'. There is a limit to what can be excepted and for this reason most photographers will use their own, personnel projects to explore things that can't be used commercially or sold! this is important as it keeps your creative flow going and allows you to vent/ produce personal work along side commercial work.



Roversi describes his studio as "a little space for the imagination, the feelings, the fantasy", but his creative freedom also comes form the trust that his clients put in him with a concept/ idea.
A question to consider is what happens when the 'little space for the imaginations' goes beyond the studio and the four walls! How does this impact my work?
I find that i don't think enough of myself and i don't trust myself enough as a photographer. Which SO far, i think i have managed to mention numerous times throughout this blog. CLEARLY its an issue i need to deal with!

I was reading an article that Roversi did and this particular question and answer stuck close to home with me:

PDN : Has your approach to lighting changed much over the course of your career ?
Roversi : Yes. In the beginning, my lighting was very stiff, very different from today. I was taking a lot of care with the light. Maybe the relationship between the light and me was young, so I was a little bit scared of the light. But now the relationship is much cooler - we know each other much better and everything is much easier. In the beginning, like many young photographers, I think I wanted to show what I was able to do with the light. I was more narcissistic about it.
Now I am much more humble. I prefer to hide what my light is doing. Now I work more in a way that the subject is dictating the light.