Yeah. The "do a huge amount of work" advice is the main reason why I started forcing myself to post a photo a day in the first place.
The good news is that it works. I look at my photos from 2003 and compare those to the 365 posted in 2007. You know, there's a big difference. Less dependence on heavy handed processing technique, more assured composition, better use of light and form.
Of course, to Ira's point, it's still not really as good as I want it to be. Which is why I'm still working at it.
Savannah, on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 1:50 PM:
DAE, I agree that your work has gotten more confident and assured as you continue to strip away everything which is not your "voice."
Yeah, I definitely agree with this guy. Work, work and more work. That's the key.
Sunfriday, on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM:
This is helpful to hear. Physics 101 isn't really creative work*, but it's helpful to think that someday I may reconcile the gap between the quality I can imagine, and the quality I actually write. I do find myself looking back at past exams and asking myself "What is that? What does that even mean?" And that's just the space where I was supposed to write my name.
* Well, it's not _supposed_ to be creative. The liberties I take in my interpretation of Newton's Laws do not seem to be appreciated.
rfkj, on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 12:00 PM:
Very interesting and inspiring.
David Adam Edelstein, on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 12:08 PM:
Yeah. The "do a huge amount of work" advice is the main reason why I started forcing myself to post a photo a day in the first place.
The good news is that it works. I look at my photos from 2003 and compare those to the 365 posted in 2007. You know, there's a big difference. Less dependence on heavy handed processing technique, more assured composition, better use of light and form.
Of course, to Ira's point, it's still not really as good as I want it to be. Which is why I'm still working at it.
Savannah, on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 1:50 PM:
DAE, I agree that your work has gotten more confident and assured as you continue to strip away everything which is not your "voice."
Yeah, I definitely agree with this guy. Work, work and more work. That's the key.
Sunfriday, on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM:
This is helpful to hear. Physics 101 isn't really creative work*, but it's helpful to think that someday I may reconcile the gap between the quality I can imagine, and the quality I actually write. I do find myself looking back at past exams and asking myself "What is that? What does that even mean?" And that's just the space where I was supposed to write my name.
* Well, it's not _supposed_ to be creative. The liberties I take in my interpretation of Newton's Laws do not seem to be appreciated.