Ronny Gabriels Photography

I think New Year’s reolutions are something to avoid making.  Why?  Because these are the first “promises” you break in a new year.  It’s nice to set goals for the new year, but I can help but notice that whatever goal was set as a “resolution”, is probably never to become reality.  I don’t know why this is, although it might have something to do with the fact that whatever people call a “New Year’s reolution” is something they would like, but are not that committed to. The things they are committed to are called goals, are not named at all.  That’s why this year, I’m going to set some photographic goals.  Things I’m going to work on throughout the year 2009.

Ongoing Project

Last year I started the project “Antwerpen by night”.  Initially, this was a project for the month of december.  And although the project was going fine, I still feel that I could do more with it.  That’s why I’m not closing this project, but leave it open for the rest of the year.  In 2009, I’m going to photograph Antwerp by night as much as I can, showing facets of Antwerp at night throughout the year.  So expect lots more night photographs.  I will also dedicate a seperate portion of the site to this project.

Other Projects

Throughout the year, there will probably be some other projects that I’ll be starting.  I don’t have anything specific in mind yet, but I will keep you informed through this medium.  At least on of the project will have something to do with landscape photography, maybe even wildlife.  More later in the year.

Racing

One of the big things for me on the photography front, will be car races.  There are about 20 events I can choose from this summer in Belgium, Holland and Germany.  So photographing at least 5 or 6 of them is not impossible.  I’ll try to shoot at least one Belgian GT race, one BTCS race, one WTCC race, one FIA GT race and one Le Mans Series race.  That makes 5 already, so prepare yourself for a lot of motorsport photographs this summer.

Events

As ever, 2009 will also be filled with one-day events that I will try to shoot.  I’m thinking of parties, trips abroad, weekend trips, etc. These are not really a goal, but it’s worth mentioning since they will constitute quite a percentage of all the photographic work I’ll be doing.

Fun

Last, but certainly not least, 2009 is about the fun in photography.  I set goals to learn and to develop my skills.  But in the end all the goals I set, are things I really want to do, want to shoot.  So the only thing that could make me abandone my goals foor this year, is the fact that it’s no longer fun for me.  Luckily, I doubt that’s going to happen.