This is part of a hiking trail in Wakulla Springs, Florida.
Looking back at this image, I start thinking of all of the different things I could have done to tell a story. What should be on the path? A person walking - slightly blurred to show some motion? A young girl walking towards the camera carrying some balloons? or someone riding a bike? or something more far-fetched, like a tiger coming up the path towards the camera? or a chalk outline of a person along with some police tape running across the image, as if someone had been murdered there?
That last one is gruesome, I know... but I'm just trying to show that the image above is pretty much a blank slate that could be used in many different ways to tell a story. Not in the same way that photojournalism tells a story by presenting events as they occurred... but instead by introducing people and/or props at the time the photograph is taken to create ones own story.
It's a matter of documentary versus fiction... so, where do I fit in as a photographer? Do I want to present real stories of the world around me, or do I want to create my own realities?
I think I lean toward documentary style photography/photojournalism - but could also see myself doing fictional projects just for fun.
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