On 5/13/2010 11:53 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Bruce Dayton wrote:
One thing I have found very interesting is to see what others think
of my pictures versus what I think of them. Many times some of the
things mentioned come into play as individuals like or dislike (less
like?) an image. One aspect that comes into play for me is how hard
I had to work to get the image - basically a difficulty factor. If I
didn't have to do anything (relatively speaking), then the image has
less meaning for me.
Very insightful, and something I hadn't thought of. This probably
(partly) accounts for why some photographers are poor judges of their
own work: They place too much importance on how difficult, or how
gratifying, the photo was to get. A few times while putting The Book
together I stopped and thought "WTF? This person has much better work
than these three shots. What's going on?" You may have provided part
of the answer.
Maybe what we need is the photographic equivalent of calling "Mark",
maybe "Book", saying that this is a shot you should consider putting in
next years book.
Since I do a lot of dance photography, a lot of people use my photos for
their facebook profiles. The pictures they choose are almost invariably
lousy from a technical viewpoint, but to them they are great photos.
The point being that what makes a photo great varies from person to
person and moment to moment.
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