Wednesday, June 11, 2008
practice doesn't make perfect
I take my camera out at least once a day. After annoying my children with the lens in their face, I quickly plug my camera into my computer to see what I've done. Each day it's the same pictures, different outfits, different problems. I get frustrated and put the camera away vowing never to touch it again. Then I look at pictures taken by Michelle, Girl, and Krysten whose talents inspire me and frustrate me all at the same time. I get lost in their work and think that if I work hard, I too, will be able to call photography a talent of mine. Not so. I pick up the camera and start taking more pictures hoping to create something worth showing off. No such luck. Although I haven't given up yet, part of me wonders when I'll realize that I'll never be good enough. I laugh because we went out and bought a decent camera, a few lenses, and the accessories, to take better, higher quality pictures. I'm frustrated. I'm sitting here treading water in the ocean of photography and while I'm not exactly sinking, I'm not swimming either. I hope that I'm half as good as Michelle, Girl, and Krysten one day. They are truly amazing. While I aspire to be amazing someday, I'd settle for 'average' in a flash.
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3 comments:
Me too! Just keep trying. And ask them for constructive criticism.
Confession? I hate almost everything I take so, it's all about how you look at it. People can tell you you're good but you apparently have to believe it yourself. I know, easy said then done but ol' J.C.? she said it best.. keep trying and something will jump out at you to make you keep going... getting better, learning.
I'm trying for the same thing. I don't really want to be as good as them, I just want to be better than what I'm doing right now. It's frustrating to go out and take pictures and come home to find everything muddy and exposed improperly and just plain boring, but the few times when something comes out good it's so exciting! Even if no one else thinks it's good I like it and it is how I will remember my little boy. You'll get where you want to be!
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