On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > Using iPhoto tends to be a painful, unpleasant experience. But it's entirely > possible that if I keep doing something I don't like, I might eventually > enjoy it.
You don't have to be so snippish about it. I don't use iPhoto much either. However, for what you wanted to do, it is a very easy app to do it with. I've set up many slide shows with iPhoto for parties and occasions. It works very well, and very quickly, if you learn a few basics and just use it. > I phrased that wrong. Once I'm done with a photo, I don't tend to spend a > lot of time going back and looking at them just to look at them. I look at > them intently when I'm processing them, but when I'm done with them, I'm > pretty much done with them. There is probably a fair amount that I could > learn by going back and looking at photos that I took months and years ago, > but it's just not something that I think of as a fun thing to do. > > I was recently chatting with someone about photography and he also mentioned > that for him, it's all about the process. Once he has the pictures, they > don't mean a lot to him, he just enjoys the process of making photos. The > implication being that, like me, he wants to make great photos, but he > doesn't have much desire to sit around looking at his own photos once he's > done with them. > > My point is that months, or years, after working on, or last looking at, a > photo it is much easier to judge it objectively, looking at it with fresher > eyes. Your last point is important. I look at my finished work regularly. I look at my work immediately after I've completed a shoot to see what hits my mind's eye immediately. Then I look at it again, both the finished and the raw work, several months later—and usually find more to work on, and edit out some of the first hits that didn't really work past the first blush. Then I make something of it. Then I look at that over and over and over again as I seek to understand what it is and how to improve it. I have my photos streamed, randomly, to the television in the living room and often spend hours, off and on, looking at them while listening to music or reading a book. Over time, I see where things are strong and where things are weak. I then work on strengthening the weak parts by going back in and working on the photos again ... And so on. The process is important. The finished results are more important. Improving on the finished results is most important, in the next project. You don't get better at things without practice and studying what you did wrong. Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
