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<blockquote data-quote="Nathan Lanni" data-source="post: 305758" data-attributes="member: 14629"><p>Like others have said, hang in there - it will get better with time.</p><p></p><p>I too have struggled. It's interesting that I bought my dslr about a year ago, and looking back I'm not satisfied with many of the images I shot back then. There's been a lot of looking at other photographer's work trying to see what they were seeing when they created their images. The biggest evolution for me is the transition from seeing other people's work as an "image" and now I'm beginning to analyze their work with a photographer's eye to the detail they may have been seeing at the time. Looking at a photograph and saying to myself "that little highlight in the model's eye tells me he had a flash over there, etc. Every once in a while having a real "flash" of inspiration. Not saying my photos are great but maybe someday I'll get there myself.</p><p></p><p>Sort of my crazy way of rationalizing things is this: My guess is once a person begins a new endeavor with passion, I believe the brain begins to create new pathways to organize the data being stored in a new context. The first couple of years are tough. The other thing is most of us don't have the benefit of being mentored - to my way of thinking forums like this fill that void. But it basically means we make the same mistakes and repeat the same learning curve. Schools help in this regard.</p><p></p><p>FWIW</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nathan Lanni, post: 305758, member: 14629"] Like others have said, hang in there - it will get better with time. I too have struggled. It's interesting that I bought my dslr about a year ago, and looking back I'm not satisfied with many of the images I shot back then. There's been a lot of looking at other photographer's work trying to see what they were seeing when they created their images. The biggest evolution for me is the transition from seeing other people's work as an "image" and now I'm beginning to analyze their work with a photographer's eye to the detail they may have been seeing at the time. Looking at a photograph and saying to myself "that little highlight in the model's eye tells me he had a flash over there, etc. Every once in a while having a real "flash" of inspiration. Not saying my photos are great but maybe someday I'll get there myself. Sort of my crazy way of rationalizing things is this: My guess is once a person begins a new endeavor with passion, I believe the brain begins to create new pathways to organize the data being stored in a new context. The first couple of years are tough. The other thing is most of us don't have the benefit of being mentored - to my way of thinking forums like this fill that void. But it basically means we make the same mistakes and repeat the same learning curve. Schools help in this regard. FWIW [/QUOTE]
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