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10/26/2012 11:26:18 PM · #1 |
A few days ago I decided to go through all my Flickr images to reduce their size, add watermarks, and purge my photo stream of all images that were either unseen, or of "inferior " quality. I'm still working on this project, but was fascinated to see pronounced improvement in both content and processing of my images. And to see that I seemed to have followed what amounts to a preordained journey of everyone who discovers their passion for photography. There were numerous duplicates, images which appeared to capture lighting infatuations and nothing else, and many other examples of experimentation with a new toy. Many of them showing no hint of any talent whatsoever. Rather than use the word "improvement", I will say that there has been quite a "transformation". My earlier work was tentative, shy, mundane. My current work is far more decisive, individualistic, and reflects a personal vision.
So this chore I've set for myself has turned out to be rather satisfying, even if exhausting. Has anyone else had this type of discovered? |
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10/26/2012 11:59:06 PM · #2 |
Unfortunately, I'm still mundane. But I don't let it bother me (much). ;D
Keep on transforming Johanna! You are fabulous! |
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10/27/2012 12:03:15 AM · #3 |
| Most commendable, tangy. It is a brave endeavor; I make little forays myself, into my files, and find it helps to warm up with a bit of brew/ferment/distillation. Except that my bag seems to be as mixed as ever. |
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10/27/2012 12:04:51 AM · #4 |
I have been making rounds to the same spots over the last 4 years since I really got into photography. Aside from a few *emphases on FEW* gems from the past visits, each time I go i can basically replace all the older ones because they seem so bad by comparison. By that measure I am happy with it :) But the only problem is, now I am never satisfied, and I feel that if I just go one more time I'll get the shot I really want :) I guess that's what the pros do anyway, I think it's said that Peter Lik visits sites up to Ten times before he finds the right shot/time/etc.
The learning has been great fun, DPC has done it's fair share of helping as well! |
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10/27/2012 12:46:22 PM · #5 |
| I look at some of the images and cannot fathom what I was thinking. In some, I think I just liked the color of dirt, LOL! I'm nowhere near satisfied with my photography yet, but the progress I see shows a confidence in trying which I find rewarding :-) |
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10/27/2012 05:10:11 PM · #6 |
| Yes, I feel sympathy for you because I'm going thru the same thing. I've been going thru my portfolios, reorganizing, weeding. It's a surprise to me that I have less & less interest in traditional photography. I shoot for editing, now. Anyway, it's a wierd feeling to look thru my shots & find most of them boring. I feel like I'm starting over, I can't go back. But the upside is I feel like I found a point of view I can work with. |
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10/28/2012 12:10:56 AM · #7 |
| I'm getting there. But yeah, can't go back :-) |
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10/28/2012 12:50:36 AM · #8 |
Different situation for me. While going through stuff at my Mom's we came across all my calendars (I make them for family for Christmas each year.) My nephew remarked that my calendars from Germany were much better than the one from California this past year. I, too, prefer much of my work from years ago over what I was shooting this year.
Just goes to show that true talent continues to progress, to move forward, to bloom, to develop. Keep it up! It's been a joy to watch you blossom! |
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10/28/2012 10:42:05 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Different situation for me. While going through stuff at my Mom's we came across all my calendars (I make them for family for Christmas each year.) My nephew remarked that my calendars from Germany were much better than the one from California this past year. I, too, prefer much of my work from years ago over what I was shooting this year.
Just goes to show that true talent continues to progress, to move forward, to bloom, to develop. Keep it up! It's been a joy to watch you blossom! |
I think that's because you haven't found your photography love here. Wildlife is my passion. I shoot other things, but I saw a great blue heron while I was out shooting for a different challenge. It was such a different level of excitement. I could have stayed there all day shooting.
You really came out in your Germany photography. You just need to find a new love here. :)
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10/28/2012 10:45:03 AM · #10 |
That's one thing that's standing in my way, I think.
I still love my old photography.
I look at my old challenge entries, and I feel the same about most of them as I did when I took them. I remember the feelings and the reasons why I took them in the first place and get too emotionally involved.
That's one of my biggest problems, I see more what I want to see, and don't really see what's there sometimes.
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10/28/2012 12:05:24 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
.... I look at my old challenge entries, and I feel the same about most of them as I did when I took them. I remember the feelings and the reasons why I took them in the first place and get too emotionally involved.... |
I agree about feeling an attachment to most of my challenge entries for one reason or another. But in terms of weeding out, I find it very helpful to go back and weed out some photos that didn't become challenge entries, which may be alternative shots of the same subject or shots of another subject entirely. I'm also finding that I am more decisive now than I used to be about which images from an outing I'll keep for possible processing. I'm deleting a lot more within a day or so of shooting. This has spilled over to my thinking about earlier shots and sometimes when I can tell I'm feeling decisive I'll go back and cull past years' images, often ones that I shot but never started processing at all (an all too frequent occurrence, sadly!) |
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10/29/2012 03:42:12 PM · #12 |
Johanna, I really enjoy seeing your work blossom and unfold through the strength of your individual vision and purpose. Such a linear progression must bring confidence and joy! And, I am happy for you! ::beams::
Cleaning out my own photography closet (and all the skeletons inside) has been somewhat like watching an old episode of "Ghost Hunters." Every once in a while an image will pop out and say "Boo!" The rest of the time I appear to be wandering around in the dark with a just a bunch of equipment chasing mundane shadows and noise (and looking rather silly and remarkably unmysterious!).
But, I live to find a true haunting none-the-less...;-)
Happy Halloween!
Message edited by author 2012-10-29 15:42:36. |
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10/29/2012 04:02:57 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
A few days ago I decided to go through all my Flickr images to reduce their size, add watermarks, and purge my photo stream of all images that were either unseen, or of "inferior " quality. |
I've never culled anything on my Flickr account. I consider it a depot for anything. I would never link to it in a professional capacity, so it can remain as is.
Now for my real website, I go over it once a week and add a couple of photos here and there, and delete things I thought were shinny and no longer are. I'm way more selective on my actual site. I would never want a client seeing some of the crap I have on my Flickr account. |
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