On 11/22/2011 1:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
On another photo forum I occasionally hang out on, someone posted
"What are your pet peeves in photography that you see other
photographers do?", and boy was there a lot of responses of people
gleefully putting others down. My feeling is that all that crappy
photographers do is make my photos seem that much better in
comparison. What peeves me is when I'm shooting someplace with someone
else, and they get much better photos than I do.
What I think is a much more productive question to discuss, is what
you are doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? Are
you practicing hand held shots at low shutter speeds? Taking test
shots without using the light meter to get a feel for what light gives
what exposures? Spending a month shooting with only one prime lens at
a time? Posting PESOs to be ridiculed by the gang on PDML?
I hadn't really thought of it as working to improve my photography, but
I hope it ends up having that effect. I have been shooting almost
exclusively with my 50/1.4 for months now, and I do practice shooting
hand-held at slow speeds -- though, that's largely a matter of
convenience since I despise carrying around a tripod -- or any other
gear beyond a camera and a lens or two.
I just feel that I get better results that way, though I can't say
whether it's a matter of my photography getting better, or just that I
love the results the 50/1.4 produces. I do think my work has improved
technically since I first joined PDML -- and I'm sure that has a lot to
do with practice. But, I think the exposure to the work of others in
the group has every bit as much to do with any improvement I might have
made over the past year.
-- Walt
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