Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Part of my situation these days is, "not shooting with a purpose and an end > result of a story or documentary." > > I have had people tell me "get over it and go out and take pictures!" Like > for what reason? Only to down load to a computer screen with the enthusiasm > of a wet dish rag and hit delete all? That always "go out and take > pictures" > was in the learning curve of 60 years ago. And yes, we never stop learning. > But it's the "what are the results for and purpose for shooting them?" > > I suppose a hard thing for many to understand, these feelings? Ted, this is one of the most important things posted on the LuG for a long while. Most of us are not professionals. Getting motivation, making photos and _finishing_ projects is really hard. It's the thing that prevents most good non-professionals from becoming great photographers because intermittance prevents continual improvement, and non-reification of finished work means it is hard to judge the quality of anything that someone does. Do what Ted says people, get out there and shoot. Then edit it, print or otherwise finish them (but printing is still really the best), and put them together. It's the way to get better. As always Ted, thanks. Marty