Issue 003 - March with more art than photos
Issue 003 - March with more art than photos
Showing my art, favorite shots and 3 things worth checking out
March has been a slow month of photography for me. There’s no more white snow or interesting extreme weather. Luckily there’s more sun, but everything is gray and muddy outside - not exactly what I want to be capturing.
Instead, I’ve been putting more time into different design projects, doodling, and making some art. I love getting illustrations and photos printed and framed. It adds so much to the viewing experience and I got to do this super cool and big commissioned art piece for my friends.
The walls at my apartment have also been filling up rather quickly, putting up my own work as well as slowly growing my mini art collection. It is not easy to pick the few that get printed out of the archive of tens of thousands. I have a couple more to get printed and framed and then I’ll probably do a post about that as well.
As for photography, I’m already making plans to go out more and I’m putting together a list of photo challenges for myself for the summer. More about that in the upcoming newsletters.
Favorite shots from March
I didn’t go shooting much, but I got a few sunny keepers shot with my always-in-my-pocket Ricoh GR IIIx.
3 things worth checking out
I loved reading the two-part interview he posted on his own substack newsletter (which you can also subscribe to)—a great look into his processes and thinking behind the photos.
“What Harry Gruyaert Saw” on Youtube
Finding new photographers whose work you immediately love and want to learn more about doesn’t happen often. I stumbled on Harry Gruyaert’s work on this video and his transition from black and white to color spoke to me. Also if you’re too lazy to research different photographers on your own, then definitely check out other videos on Tatiana Hopper’s channel as well.
“5 important lessons” on Samuel Lintaro’s Youtube channel
I liked this one as it’s not a clickbait tutorial with 5 quick steps to becoming an awesome photographer, but rather a little thinking piece of a long-time street shooter. I liked the 3rd point the most: “Relax, take your time..”. You don’t need to get amazing photos every day, or even every week. Just go shoot a lot and because you love it - there’s a good chance that eventually you end up with a strong body of work.
Bonus (not photography-related)item:
The Hot Ones show never disappoints and it’s probably my favorite thing to watch. The latest episode with Bob Odenkirk was just so much fun to watch and it stuck with me so I made a little illustration afterward:
Cheers,
Mikk