David Carrales | Photography: Projects

"The most effective way of developing your photographic skills is to come up with a project for yourself that will result is a photo essay. Select a subject that you are interested in and that will be easily accessible over the course of several months, or, preferably a year....Set yourself an objective of creating a portfolio for yourself of about two dozen prints that together tell a complete story. Plan to photograph your subject under as many different conditions as possible.

By limiting yourself to a particular subject, you will force yourself to think seriously about it and to probe beneath its obvious surface features. Adopting the project approach is a vastly superior alternative to wandering around the countryside looking for the occasional inspiring photograph to practice on....A self-designed project is a superb means of acquiring useful experience and a technical foundation that you can apply to other settings." An Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography, John P. Schaefer

My Walk to Work	Photos taken on my walk to work, January 2009-May 2009.
Texas RollerGirls Fitness Boot Camp	Photos from a fitness boot camp facilicated by East End Fitness. Project Notes (adobe acrobat PDF)

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