When did you start becoming happier with your photography?

wornish

Senior Member
I become more and more critical. I was going through a shoot just before and became fully aware that what I was deleting were shots I'd be very happy with not that long ago. But these days not much makes the cut.

If I'm birding and it doesn't have that sharpness or the wings are not in the right position, or the bird looks into the wrong direction it's a goner. If I take 200 shots, if 20 of those survive it has been a good day. And of those twenty, there are often multiple of one bird of which I only select the best.

I got a 1TB drive and that won't be full within my life-time.

I find myself doing exactly the same. Very few of my shots these days survive the cut because I have become more aware of whats possible and more critical of the tiniest flaws, in prior years they would have been keepers.
 

weebee

Senior Member
Everyday I either impress. Or disgrace myself with the photos I'm taking. I try not to take it too far to heart because I don't want this to morph from a hobby to a task. I just go with it and continue to learn and enjoy this insane, money gobbling hobby!
 

skater

New member
Great thread. The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know yet.

But I have reached a point of enlightenment - my pictures make me happy and that's all that matters. I'm not trying to be the next Berenice Abbot (I picked her for a reason; I'll start another thread). I have some pictures that I get and I love them. I'm terrible about sharing them, and everyone else here might not see what I like about them, but that's fine with me.
 

Mooseknux

Senior Member
I've been shooting for three years now, i definitely feel like i'm getting better, but still not where i would like to be. I think what has made me better was learning how to slow down and be more cognizant of what i'm shooting and how i'm shooting. It takes time!! I even looked at some of the stuff in my gallery here on this site and didn't like what i saw, but i liked it a year or so ago when i posted it.. lol!!
 
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