2024 10 08
It’s been a busy few months and I’m still way behind on photo editing and life. I’m still working through a backlog of images from mid-summer. My to-do list of projects is long and I’m hopeful I will be able to start digging into some of the projects I aim to do as the days get colder, the sunlight less abundant, and the idea of staying in to buckle down on work starts to make more sense.
I pulled a photobook off my shelf this afternoon while waiting on batch processing of portrait edits. It was Tim Barber’s Untitled Photographs book, which I hadn’t peeked at in years. This led me to Tim’s website, which I also hadn’t been to in years. His website kept my attention through the entire series of one-at-a-time images and I thought the minimalist approach was something I might want to steal. As I get older, the urge to re-focus my photography web presence also grows. My site is currently far more catered to a commercial client audience, which makes sense as this is how I’ve made a living for two decades. But I’m beginning to wonder if a less on-the-nose and more minimal and artistic approach might be a smart move. Looking at Tim’s website got me excited. Much like after leaving an inspiring photo exhibit at a museum, I was walking around the studio seeing inanimate objects in a new light and taking photos of things I’d normal ignore. I love when this urge takes over and drives me to create new work. The trick is to make sure the subjects aren’t dying flowers on the kitchen counter. Get out and live a little, after you catch up on the photo editing, that is.
-Clayton
Cat on farm. Thawville, Illinois. June, 2024. © Clayton Hauck
It’s been a busy few months and I’m still way behind on photo editing and life. I’m still working through a backlog of images from mid-summer. My to-do list of projects is long and I’m hopeful I will be able to start digging into some of the projects I aim to do as the days get colder, the sunlight less abundant, and the idea of staying in to buckle down on work starts to make more sense.
I pulled a photobook off my shelf this afternoon while waiting on batch processing of portrait edits. It was Tim Barber’s Untitled Photographs book, which I hadn’t peeked at in years. This led me to Tim’s website, which I also hadn’t been to in years. His website kept my attention through the entire series of one-at-a-time images and I thought the minimalist approach was something I might want to steal. As I get older, the urge to re-focus my photography web presence also grows. My site is currently far more catered to a commercial client audience, which makes sense as this is how I’ve made a living for two decades. But I’m beginning to wonder if a less on-the-nose and more minimal and artistic approach might be a smart move. Looking at Tim’s website got me excited. Much like after leaving an inspiring photo exhibit at a museum, I was walking around the studio seeing inanimate objects in a new light and taking photos of things I’d normal ignore. I love when this urge takes over and drives me to create new work. The trick is to make sure the subjects aren’t dying flowers on the kitchen counter. Get out and live a little, after you catch up on the photo editing, that is.
-Clayton