STRAWBERRYFIELDS FOREVER

Every picture should be built on a standalone idea. No matter where the picture takes you the idea wil stay put to give the thing some substance.

Strawberryfields Forever the Beatles song is just like that. It has its weird complicated side but underneath theres a song with John playing along on guitar. The song itself sounds good without all the other stuff and maybe its made more interesting later with Pauls mellotron part and Georges Indian zither and the fact that George Martin has spliced together two different versions into one.

So someone complains my idea was this but now its turned into that. But if the idea is strong enough you should be able tobuild on it and still sense it under all of the 'that'. Good photographs are built on a strong concept and or design so that no matter what is added the origins are evident.

The problem comes from simply copying a page, so what was the idea behind this page. If you knew that how do you not know that you would do something different. Of course photographers look at magazines to 'see whats going on' but better photography comes from photographing the idea of whats going on. That way youre whats going wont be like everyone elses.


Wether its John singing and playing along on acoustic or the Beatles playing on record
Its Strawberryfields Forever