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03/29/2006 06:00:05 PM · #26 |
These days I get more enjoyment in visualizing images and setting them up to that vision then actually looking at the end product. I really need to get hold of a studio.
Most of the highest rating images I have here I̢۪m not pleased with one in particular that scored very high I completely dislike. I think it comes back to that question of pleasing the masses or pleasing yourself.
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03/29/2006 07:15:23 PM · #27 |
I do agree that you have an "inside look" at your own work and that can actually make it more appealing to you. Take this shot:
It has issues, but if you read the description, I put mucho effort into it and that makes it special to me.
Being such a harsh critic does have benefits. I do know when I have a winner. I was able to call the blue ribbon for the broken challenge here. If I really really like a shot, I'll keep coming back and looking at it. It doesn't happen often, but it does now and then. ;) |
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03/31/2006 10:15:46 AM · #28 |
If it stops being fun I think it is time for me to pack it in - it starts to become more like work and I have enough of that 9 - 5.
I am always trying to improve but as I start off being not that good ( no I am not being modest )that is hopefully not too hard.
I spend a lot of time looking at other peoples photo's and that is a big help and a real pleasure but when I start to worry too much it will be time to take the batteries out of the camera and give it up.
Perhaps I will never be in the top scores of dpchallenge but then if that were my only aim in life I suspect I will have missed the point of it all.
Photography has been around since the mid-1800s so a few people have trod this path before and I still think personal enjoyment and the desire to preserve things we have seen are more important than anything else.
Mind you if I could win a challenge ....... :-)
HXP
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03/31/2006 12:03:47 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by HXP101:
...when I start to worry too much it will be time to take the batteries out of the camera and give it up... |
It seems to me that when you start to worry it's time to look for a way to give up worrying instead. Yes, we worry, but it doesn't do any good. |
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03/31/2006 12:20:59 PM · #30 |
Photography, especially digital, has been a blessing to me in many ways. The PaD project was a wonderful way to see some things that I'd probably miss otherwise and there's really no pressure for the "perfect" shot. Sometimes I get frustrated with not being able to obtain the photo I see in my head, but other times I'm just really struck by the fact that I can convey beauty and interesting sights through photography. I have many photos that I particularly like and am proud of, but I keep trying to get better. Each time I learn something new, or take a new type of shot I think "Wow, that's cool!"
No ribbon here, but yes - I do like my photos and especially enjoy the whole "package" of doing photography; from creative and critical thinking, to seeing new places and people, to postprocessing and working at developing a critical eye. And even to really enjoying OTHER people's photography! |
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