Projects

Have you considered a project, using your images in a body of work to show the world, your world through your eyes. Defining a project is a great way to develop a body of work. Defining a project can help you set goals, sets timelines and helps to focus your creativity. This body of work can be for lets say photography letters with a Photographic Society, this is a great challenge to set yourself, to produce a cohesive set of images, that a board of experienced photographer feel achieve a standard of competence. This can take several attempts to achieve and failure can be devastating, you have put your heart and soul into all the images submitted, however have you produced a set of images that are unique to you rather than emulating others. As you try for higher awards this becomes more important, stay unique give the assessors something to challenge them. I recently achieved my Silver level with the Photographic Society of America, now to work on my Gold, I can not use the same set of images I used for my Silver, so it is time to produce 20 new images that are unique and worthy of a Gold level.
There are many other avenues to venture into that require the production of a body of work, why not give it a go.

Defining a project is one of the single best ways to develop your body of work. When you define a project you focus, set goals, set quotas, set timelines, create a useful structure for your images, collect accompanying materials, and polish the presentation of your efforts so that they will be well received.
Focusing your efforts into a project will help you produce a useful product. A project gives your work a definite, presentable structure. A finished project makes work more useful and accessible. Once your project is done, your work will have a significantly greater likelihood of seeing the light of day. Who knows, public acclaim may follow. Come what may, your satisfaction is guaranteed …

Defining a project is one of the single best ways to develop your body of work. When you define a project you focus, set goals, set quotas, set timelines, create a useful structure for your images, collect accompanying materials, and polish the presentation of your efforts so that they will be well received.
Focusing your efforts into a project will help you produce a useful product. A project gives your work a definite, presentable structure. A finished project makes work more useful and accessible. Once your project is done, your work will have a significantly greater likelihood of seeing the light of day. Who knows, public acclaim may follow. Come what may, your satisfaction is guaranteed …

Defining a project is one of the single best ways to develop your body of work. When you define a project you focus, set goals, set quotas, set timelines, create a useful structure for your images, collect accompanying materials, and polish the presentation of your efforts so that they will be well received.
Focusing your efforts into a project will help you produce a useful product. A project gives your work a definite, presentable structure. A finished project makes work more useful and accessible. Once your project is done, your work will have a significantly greater likelihood of seeing the light of day. Who knows, public acclaim may follow. Come what may, your satisfaction is guaranteed …