The struggles with ATZ continue. I’m not really happy with my final entries for Polaroid Week, but such is the nature of the beast. ATZ wasn’t necessarily the problem. I think I just had a hard time finding things to take photos of. I had one really good photo that I took yesterday that I think would have been really interesting (at least it was through the viewfinder). But it ended up severely underexposed. I was pretty depressed about that.

It’s odd though, because I’m sure there will be some people out there who really like these photos. And I think that’s great. It’s not that I think they suck from an objective standpoint. I kinda like the second one and it came off pretty close to how I wanted it to. But the first one isn’t even close to what I had in mind, and the third one just isn’t where I’m at artistically right now. I know, we’re always our own worst critic. But I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be upset as an artist that what I envisioned for my art didn’t translate into reality, even if people still like it. I kinda see that almost like an “ends justify the means” type of argument. I’d rather make a piece of art that is exactly what I envision as an artist and communicates the exact message I want, and no one like it, than the opposite.

I will likely have some “outtakes” from the week that I’ll post tomorrow on Flickr.