im starting to dread my photog lectures, my lecturer is very much of a concept & presentation person, she requires all our photographs to have a concept, and sell the concept it professionally. unsatisified with certain answers, she goes, so what are you trying to say with this image? ... and? ...and?

the truth really is, many of us shoot for aesthetic reasons. srsly, when you take a shot for aesthetics you can't always come up with concepts for every image you shoot. it's funny watching people come up with crap on the spot. and it's absolutely hilarious hearing what some people say in serious acts of desperation.

something like this;
image: flowers agianst buildings
concept: chinese new year is in town

or when answering questions

qn: so what are you trying to say abt that scar on the wood?
ans: i don't know, maybe the scar is because of a natural disaster like lightning

or

qn: why did you take the tree in the backdrop behind the coconut?
ans: i just wanted to show that the coconut fell from the tree.

image: picture of the esplanade
qn: why is your image black and white?
ans: cos i learnt in journalistic photography, bw photos bring out more emotions
qn: so what emotion are we supposed to be feeling from this picture?
ans: i love the esplanade

yeah right. so much for creative students.