P52.3 | Audience Week 3

“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” – Ansel Adams

For the next few weeks, we are going to be examining the role of the audience on our photography.  After all, what is art without someone to experience it?  That said, can worrying too much about what others will think of our work change the work and in what ways.  Does it alter how we approach our photography?  How we set up our shots?  How we edit?  What we share?  Are we driven by a desire to improve, to more clearly communicate our vision, or are we simply seeking approval?  This week we will be sharing a photo where audience was a consideration, and explaining that consideration.

This week I chose myself as a mother as my audience.  My daughter has always had a soft heart for animals since she was a little girl and when I captured this particular moment it took me back in time to when she was four years old with pig-tails adoring Truman, our first miniature schnauzer.

Fast forward twelve years later....a second miniature schnauzer named Sammy...it is easy to see that not much has changed.

Snapshot below taken in 2003 with Truman