Group: World Photography Day - August 19

I felt very low today and wondered how I was going to get out of bed. Then I remembered it was World Photography day and I made a plan to get out and photograph a familiar area looking for a new angle. In the end I walked for a few hours and am now so tired I am having a break before making a selection and posting a photo.

I felt connected to the world simply because I could see so much it?

My usual Pentax DSLR lens is damaged so I used my reserve camera and the iPhone,

It makes me smile to know that our event helped you move past a difficult morning. I often have mornings like that - how wonderful that we can spark an interest in living our day via our photography.

That you actually walked for so long is a wonderful thing - and yes, isn't that one of the best ways to connect to our world?

I'm glad you had options for camera since your Pentax is damaged (hope it gets fixed soon!).

Thanks, Laura.

Ich habe einiges zu meinem Foto geschrieben. Entspricht das den Anforderungen?

Yes!

ik ben blij dat ik meegedaan heb,,maar achteraf komen toch dingen die ik eigenlijk liever gemaakt had-zo dacht ik dat het meer een mens tot mens foto had moeten zijn --iets voor volgend jaar als ik dat nog mag meemaken,.....

Hindsight is wonderful! I hope you remember your wishes for next year. A photo of a person would be great for the event next year.

I almost never have a plan in advance for a photo. Just not my style unless I'm doing portraits, and even then i tend to take what is happening in the moment. I'm always impressed with people who have a pre-conceived idea.

je trouve qu'il n'y a pas assez de bonnes photos les gens ne se motivent pas assez pour ce grand jour de mettre tout en oeuvre pour offrir une bonne photo ,,

I'm sorry you are dissatisfied.

The event is a celebration of the gift of photography and is intended to bring us all together in the joy of having that gift. The only requirement made to be included in the event is to have the photo taken on the day itself. We welcome all levels of ability.

I wonder if you have any suggestions for how we might structure the event differently next year.
-laura/raingirl (ima moderator)

il faudrait peut etre soumette un theme j'ai regardé sur internet en cliquant sur la journée de la photographie et j'ai vu que cette année le theme était la nature j'ai donc essayé de montrer ce que j'ai chez moi et surtout les gens ne commentent que très peu les photos des autres dommage,, amitiés annick merci de ton dynamisme

THE ROMANCE SIDE OF A LION ON A DENTZEL CAROUSEL -

WHAT DREW ME TO THIS .. THE CAROUSEL HAS RECENTLY RETURNED. I HAVE BEEN BY THE AREA AS THE NEW 'HOME' FOR IT WAS BEING BUILT.
JUST GOING THERE IS SPECIAL.
THIS TIME WAS FOR PHOTOS - NEXT TIME I SHALL RIDE!

Ah romance! A delgihtful thing to share (via the carousel).

For me, August 19 is any day. I live, almost literally, with a camera in my hands, so that day was not a special day. Of course, I had an idea: The non-photograph. I wanted to do something that didn't look like it. As Melville told Bartleby the writer: I would prefer not to.
As every day I went out with my camera and looked at the sky, it was windy and the lenticular clouds made shapes that, compressed with a little zoom, were a descriptive negation, a description of nothingness.
I spent a while looking at the images I had captured, picked one and cropped it to a square shape. I spent another while thinking about how I could explain the idea of no photography and I decided that This is not a pipe, by Magritte, with its surrealism was a little closer to my initial idea, so I decided to put it as a title, This is not a photograph. And to reaffirm the idea I saw that I could include the title in the same image as Magritte had also done in his painting.
While thinking about the text with which I would describe the image, I read the news of Andy Rodker's death, and I thought that Andy would have wanted to take photographs but, unfortunately, he couldn't. Is there anything more contradictory between not wanting and being able, and not being able and wanting? That's why I dedicated it to him.
I photograph to live (every day), not to remember. I live photography as a game, not as an art. I do not consider myself an artist (or a photographer) nor do I want to be one.
Every day is the international or world day of something, and I personally think that maybe it's not a bad idea, but it's not the best idea either.

Oh you make me smile.
What is it to "be" something? We exist (because we think?) and have infinite possibilities, and labels are confining, restrictive. If we are an 'artist', does that mean we are not a 'dabbler' or 'layperson', or and 'observer'? Of course not.

To celebrate something on a particular day for me is just a reminder to be present and be grateful. The desire is to live it and appreciate it fully each day, but life does tend to get in the way of that, and so I personally like the reminders. Thus I do this event for ipernity.

I think it's great that you contribute to this 'not a bad'/'not the best' event, and found your own way to make it work for you!

Von diesen Tag wusste ich bislang überhaupt nichts. Etwas mehr darüber erfahren kann man hier:
www.kuriose-feiertage.de/world-photo-day/#Wer_hat_den_World_Photo_Day_ins_Leben_gerufen