In my 20s - i took a lot of photos of girlfriends, strangers, places I traveled, or local sports. Stephen king said you have to read a lot to be a good writer. you just need time and lots and lots of photos. once you know photography well enough - and experiment with different forms - you'll gravitate and then you'll make it your own. Like in jazz - you have to learn the rules well enough to know how to break them. so the photos dont come out well and i dont like them. I dont like studio lights, set pieces, formal portraits. I am good at these photos and so I get good photos and ppl like them I like natural light, candid portraits with a wide open (or near wide open) long lens (135/200/300). the more you take the more you'll find and gravitate to what you like. You'll find your personality as you take photos. The best advice (like most everything) is to do it ALOT. Pilot VP F also works well with blue books. YMMV but certain inks just stain and feather the second they touch the paper so be ready to experiment (PR tanzanite is another that always worked well despite being a wet ink). I found the lamy EF + Noodler's Saguaro Wine to be very well controlled with the terrible Blue Book paper. Grading? always in fountain pen EF/F to slow me down and be more deliberate. i find i am able to do a lot more research, notes, rough draft revisions in pencil these days. darkwings are fine, Viarco are awesome, and teh mitsubishi ones are pretty good. really good flow for a redish ink.Īnd, after 50+ fountain pens and a 350pg diss. Mnemosyne coiled notebook is really good for research notetaking w/ perforated pages. avoid the cheapest chinese stuff - it all leaked fairly quickly. perfect little self-gift to spend a little TA/Adjunct money on.
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