Henri Cartier Bresson once said...

[BobYIL]

"Your first 10.000 photographs are your worst."

Don't make it an issue, folks.. Shoot digital, shoot everything/anything around you and watch your actuation counter.. After a week or two, you may reach 10.000... Easy!

Joke aside how many of us believe that the first 10.000 (or 20.000 or even 2.000) was his/her worst? Was there a certain number of shots or frames worth to print when you began to feel you were better than before? Just frank thoughts please.. 🙂

 

[paulfish4570]

hcb used hyperbole to make the point that experience is very important.

 

[taskoni]

I hope so, because I still like a photo of my very first negative. I believe it was Tri-X or Tmax

Here:

Regards,

Boris

 

[jsrockit]

I think if anyone makes 10,000 photos and doesn't have anything good, they probably will give up. 🙂 That said, I make over 10,000 photos every year (that I photograph at least) and still I am just your average person who knows how to make a good photo sometimes. Greatness, I would think, would show way before 10,000 images. I'd have to agree with Paulfish.

 

[BobYIL]

I think if anyone makes 10,000 photos and doesn't have anything good, they probably will give up. 🙂 That said, I make over 10,000 photos every year (that I photograph at least) and still I am just your average person who knows how to make a good photo sometimes. Greatness, I would think, would show way before 10,000 images. I'd have to agree with Paulfish.

Very true.. sometimes I wonder how much my photography has progressed since the '60s.. (no clear evidence so far 😱 )

 

[pakeha]

Henri Cartier Bresson once said...

" should i buy this Leica"

 

[twopointeight]

My best were the in the first 10,000, ages 16 to 18 or so. It's been downhill ever since.

 

[stompyq]

"Your first 10.000 photographs are your worst."

Must have been drunk when he said that

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

hcb is actually ahead of the curve because now it is generally accepted that you START being good ("eg. at a world-class expert level) at something AFTER 10,000 hours.

Malcom Gladwell cites the 10,000 examples like the Beatles, Morzart and even sw programmers like Bill Gates.

Of course 10,000 hours does not mean 10,000 photographs. But the basic idea is there...

raytoei

 

[EdwardKaraa]

My best were the in the first 10,000, ages 16 to 18 or so. It's been downhill ever since.

Same here. When I see the photos that I took 20-30 years ago, I wonder what happened to my photography ever since.

 

[zauhar]

hcb is actually ahead of the curve because now it is generally accepted that you START being good ("eg. at a world-class expert level) at something AFTER 10,000 hours.

Malcom Gladwell cites the 10,000 examples like the Beatles, Morzart and even sw programmers like Bill Gates.

Of course 10,000 hours does not mean 10,000 photographs. But the basic idea is there...

raytoei

I think he stated 50,000 hrs as the threshold ;

Either way it's a lot of practice.

Randy

P.S. It don't think he mentioned Bill Gates, who never spent much time on any productive activities, it was James Gosling, who deveoped the Java programming language.

 

[zauhar]

I hope so, because I still like a photo of my very first negative. I believe it was Tri-X or Tmax

Here:

Regards,

Boris

Boris, was that taken with a Summar ?

It is a superb image, if that was your first I think that God was putting a carrot in front of your nose to keep you going. ;-)

Randy

 

[ampguy]

These days, you pretty much need to shoot 10,000 frames to see where your focus shift is at 😉

 

[DtheG]

My first roll of 120 roll-film 50 years ago, yielded maybe four printable images. Technically I've got a bit better since then. On the other hand, last month I managed around 5,000 exposures, technically they are a lot better, but I dont think one of those 5,000 is a cadididate for a portfolio of my best.

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

zauhar: Bill Joy 🙂 but the 10,000 hours is holds 🙂

 

[Johnmcd]

I hope so, because I still like a photo of my very first negative. I believe it was Tri-X or Tmax

Here:

Regards,

Boris

Absolutely love the shot. But if you are 36 now. Let's say you took it when you where 16. Wow, is that how Lithuanians dressed 20 years ago. Cool look!

 

[Roger Hicks]

HCB was a notorious vendor of taurine by-products.I'd back tasconi any day. STUNNING pic.
Cheers,

R.