Balls.......
all limitations can be overcome by practice. You just have to get out and do it!!!!
"but I doubt anyone devotes 10,000 hours to something that they have no aptitude for."
lol. I've devoted at least that many hours to playing guitar over the last 50 years, and I still suck!
Really good photographers are driven. They live and breathe photography, and everything else is secondary. I'm not in that league. Work and family responsibilities are my primary concerns and they use up most of my time and energy. What is left can be used for personal pursuits
That describes me, Ken. Photography is like fly casting. I can do it, but not good at it. I know what I'm supposed to do, and understand the techniques and technology. My photos are like big, open loops in my line. 😀My other biggest limit is being able to put what my eye sees on film. We live in Montana and it's one big visually eye-popping landscape state of vastness. I can see the variations of light in a snow squall moving between peaks, but can't put it on film. I see sunshine playing off the fringes of clouds, alpine glow on the mountains, islands of sunlight working their way across the the prairie. The shadow of a passing clouds transversing the mountains. I see the constant play of light, but yet cannot make it play on film.
I think Bill Gates remarked that it takes 10,000 hours of time devoted to one's work or hobby to become expert at it. That may explain why driven artists are generally good - it reflects time on task. As you point out, it may not guarantee that someone will be proficient but it is an indicator. Aptitude is impotant, but I doubt anyone devotes 10,000 hours to something that they have no aptitude for.
That describes me, Ken. Photography is like fly casting. I can do it, but not good at it. I know what I'm supposed to do, and understand the techniques and technology. My photos are like open big, loops in my line. 😀
The act of distancing yourself I think greatly increases your ability to admit a photo you hoped would be great, is actually not.
I think Bill Gates remarked that it takes 10,000 hours of time devoted to one's work or hobby to become expert at it. That may explain why driven artists are generally good - it reflects time on task. As you point out, it may not guarantee that someone will be proficient but it is an indicator. Aptitude is impotant, but I doubt anyone devotes 10,000 hours to something that they have no aptitude for.