sreed2006
Well-known
My experience is that producing art requires hard work. Some of my best pictures were created only after very carefully setting up the lighting, the objects (or people), and the camera. It took a long time, and was not particularly fun, but the results made it worth it. Even with that careful work, though, only a minority of the pictures were keepers.
Luckily, I have also turned out some really nice pictures without much effort at all - except being there with the camera and taking the picture. Those are pretty rare.
I am not happy with my success ratio when just out with the camera taking scenery or street photos. Recently, when discussing this with someone, they were blunt enough to say, "The reason a lot of your pictures don't turn out pretty is because you don't take pictures of pretty things." That's true, too. I finally realized that it just really is not possible to take a pretty picture of an electrical transformer on top of a telephone pole in the middle of the day with no clouds around, or a row of parking meters, no matter what you do with the depth of field.
So, I have changed my approach at bit, and decided to only take a picture of things that are actually pleasant to look at in real life - not just hoping that somehow or other it would look better on film, or on the screen, than what I see. I've got four rolls of Velvia RDP 50 off at the lab now that I shot with that changed attitude. Can't wait for them to come back to see if I did in fact get better results.
Luckily, I have also turned out some really nice pictures without much effort at all - except being there with the camera and taking the picture. Those are pretty rare.
I am not happy with my success ratio when just out with the camera taking scenery or street photos. Recently, when discussing this with someone, they were blunt enough to say, "The reason a lot of your pictures don't turn out pretty is because you don't take pictures of pretty things." That's true, too. I finally realized that it just really is not possible to take a pretty picture of an electrical transformer on top of a telephone pole in the middle of the day with no clouds around, or a row of parking meters, no matter what you do with the depth of field.
So, I have changed my approach at bit, and decided to only take a picture of things that are actually pleasant to look at in real life - not just hoping that somehow or other it would look better on film, or on the screen, than what I see. I've got four rolls of Velvia RDP 50 off at the lab now that I shot with that changed attitude. Can't wait for them to come back to see if I did in fact get better results.