Juan Buhler wrote:
Well, I took it as success rate--how many good pictures over how many total pictures you took.
I don't know if that works either. My pictures are improving all the time but my percentage of keepers is about the same. As I improve, I become harder to please. My bad pictures are now better than my previous good ones.
A good photographer is one who gets the results she wants, regardless of ratios or tilted horizons.
A bad photographer can also get the results she wants. She might not know enough to want any better than she's getting. Sally Snapshot might be happy with a picture of her kid because she didn't have her finger on the lens or cut off the top of his head. She got what she wanted but there might still be a tree growing out of the top of his head.
The words "better" and "good" are opinions and it's impossible to nail down a definition of a "good photographer". It's a matter of taste.
Tom Reese
