Ezzie
E. D. Russell Roberts
This sounds serious Joe. Ask yourself why you take pictures. If its for fun, and it turns out not to be, why keep on doing it? A hiatus will get you thinking, and if it doesn´t, well you are over it.
man, i suck at this!
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fotomeow
name under my name
For some reason, I keep tricking myself into believing that my photography can and will improve 😱 . I think thats why many of us participate in this hobby so heavily: we love the challenge. That said, I will not always be happy with what I am doing at the present. But in the long run, I can see how I enjoy the "journey", not the results.
paulfish4570
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thinking in square format has got me going in a fresh direction.
by the way, if i post a banal photo, please tell me it is banal - unless the point of the photo is banality itself ... 😉
by the way, if i post a banal photo, please tell me it is banal - unless the point of the photo is banality itself ... 😉
dave lackey
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dave lackey
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Hey, Joe,
Where you going with that gun in your hand? .... er, I mean camera?😛
Never heard much about what it is that YOU enjoy the most, Joe. What is the most fun for you?
Whatever it is, I reckon you can find your way back if you just do THAT for awhile. You might even make THAT a part of your photography if you haven't already done so in depth.:angel:
Where you going with that gun in your hand? .... er, I mean camera?😛
Never heard much about what it is that YOU enjoy the most, Joe. What is the most fun for you?
Whatever it is, I reckon you can find your way back if you just do THAT for awhile. You might even make THAT a part of your photography if you haven't already done so in depth.:angel:
Turtle
Veteran
Taking time out to 'take stock' of where you are photographically, in life in general, or think about nothing, is so important. I firmly believe in letting go, caring less and letting things drop. Ideas and thoughts that work for you to take things forwards will jump up in your face when you are ready. You can't force it. Let go and don't be afraid. You will lose nothing and gain everything.
horosu
Well-known
Joe,
I think you need to commit to a long-term project.
IMHO, having a "homework" to be done makes you progress much better than trying to fish the exquisite once-in-a-lifetime shot.
BMacW
Established
Quit whining!
If you are not trying to sell your photo, just be happy that you like it yourself.
If it is attention that you want, get on the cast of Jersey Shore....
If you are not trying to sell your photo, just be happy that you like it yourself.
If it is attention that you want, get on the cast of Jersey Shore....
Out to Lunch
Veteran
Get a new mojo.
filmfan
Well-known
Boy are we sour...
BMacW
Established
Okay, maybe what I said is a bit too harsh. But seriously! You have more photos posted on your flickrs than most Magnum photographers' have published in their entire career. (yes I did bother to go through many of your photos)
I don't even like eating vegetables let alone looking at carrots, pumpkins, egg plants... More of the same thing just make all your work 'seem' less special/good/compelling. More of the same thing that everybody else is posting makes it even less so.
Do i really want to scroll through pages after pages of random snap shots of people in the farmer's market??
Do I have to comment on the carrots and the red peppers if I just commented on the corns and the apples?
If everyone was shooting the moon and half dome at Yosemite, the Ansel Adams' shot wouldn't be any special.
It's just the down side of the internet and digital camera :bang:
back alley
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i'm the 'official' photographer of the local farmer's market. they need shots of people, produce and products. i put them on my flickr site and then transfer them to the farmer's market site.
my blog has less veges on it.
back alley
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and for the record...i do not eat vegetables...at all.
OurManInTangier
An Undesirable
Now that is possibly the most interesting thing I've read in this thread😉
None. At. All. 😱
I'd still be sitting at my mum's dining table if I didn't eat my veggies😀 Am I too old to rise up against broccoli?
back alley
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my general rule of nutrition is not to eat anything green.
although i used to drink green beer on st. pats day...
although i used to drink green beer on st. pats day...
reagan
hey, they're only Zorkis
hmmm, maybe. And I may be whacked, but it seems she rather ignored them, being quite content and fulfilled with her own work that she needed no one else's approval. She was so content with just the act of photographing, she didn't even bother processing boxes and boxes of rolls. And those she did process, she apparently showed to no one. They were just for her enjoyment - period.
We've a lot to learn from Miss Vivian.
Red Robin
It Is What It Is
Come on Joe!
Come on Joe!
Come on Joe!
Jesse-em Pete's, Joe, We ALL have "gifts" to share. Your moderation on this site and others is a testament to that. I don't show my work because i can't seem to get the"ABC's" of posting , ,, ,,, no matter. Yours look better than my work anyway. Look up a little article in the 9/27/11 St. Pete. Times (pg.7a) "Sights from the blind". We don't have it so bad and don't worry. NOBODY is beatin' a path to my door to pay me for my creative efforts. Guess I'll just have to have fun.
LTN
Member
Why do we subject ourselves to some artificial standard of goodness in measuring our art? Isn't art a totally personal pursuit? And, what makes one style better than another? Okay I'll admit that certain styles are more widely accepted and admired and a certain technical expertise is necessary in photography. But, please stop beating yourself up. This photography hobby is difficult enough without that! Have a wonderful day and keep exposing film!
Tom
thirtyfivefifty
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