One of my job functions is Project Management. Project Managers are really big on methodology as a way of getting things done on time and within budget. Our lives revolve around completing a series of tasks. It has become such a way of life that I do photographic projects the same way I do projects at work. As professionals, we behave a certain way to achieve success. Sometimes, we chose not to employ these same successful methods in pursuit of our hobby goals. Isn’t that an odd thing? It seems that when we leave work we leave the smarts we use there at the office and don’t employ them (if we can) when we photograph.
Determining a project’s end needs to be the first thing you think about in a project. The first thing to be done is to decide the method of display, distribution, in essence how you plan to share your vision with the rest of the world is the most important thing you can do for your project. If you don’t know what the end of the project will be, then how do you know when you get there? Without a defined ending, the project will tend to wander and will likely not be finished.
I may have touched on this topic before (with over 200 posts (Well, now it's over 700 posts), it’s now a challenge to not repeat myself) but the discipline of creating a project for your artistic projects makes it more likely your project will be finished. Deadlines are wonderful, especially if your deadlines are for a juried exhibition. That’s one way to force you to complete your work. I find the combination of defining the project’s conclusion as well as a definite deadline is one way to get a photographic project completed.
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