Never would I have thought that trying to catch a glimpse and photo of the moon each day would end being the emotional roller coaster that it is. People! First, the moon's schedule varies in a way that I have not figured out yet. I am glued to the website I keep open on my phone at all times trying to remind myself when the moon rises and when it sets and then figure out how much time before or after thaty time I need to show up for the best chance of the winning photo.
Yesterday (two days ago?) I shared my moon photos with my critique group and when I share photos I try not to speak any more than I have to and focus on listening instead. Pretty much everyone agreed that I needed to figure out what my compelling reason for photographing the moon every day is- because story is everything here. I knew that was going to be discussed. I have to do some deep thinking on my motivation.
But then, I was "confused" (trying to think of a more accurate word...) when people started adding that my photos were not the "quality" photos would normally expect from a moon photo and that was all right, because I wasn't doing this project as a scientific type project but more as a conceptual project. I mean, not just one person said that. Many times during a critique people repeat what the person before them said (and YES, it is as annoying as it sounds) so I heard it at least 3 times from 3 different people. Hello? What the fuck are these chicks talking about? My images are perfectly exposed, moon details galore, sharp and crystal clear. I have ZERO idea what they meant by that. I need to come up with a way of bringing it up that doesn't sound like I am bring defensive. The one thing I can think of for this "not scientifically perfect" talking trend might be because I made a lower quality PDF with which to share the images. I only made it low quality so I wouldn't have trouble emailing a large file out to a group of people, so if that is the case those bitches are forgiven, but if there is some other reason they think my images are "low quality" then I want to slap some faces. Just kidding. I don't want to slap them, I just want to tell them they're wrong. Bitches.
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