Billy expressed his own personal feelings about photography. I
share those feelings.
What defines the difference between a snapshot and a photo? I have
posted images I am very proud of out here, and recieved praise
(occasionally). But my truth is this:
I look at the work of others and I feel what I have are a bunch of
snapshots. I hope one day I will get the same feeling looking at my
own work as I do looking at the work of so many of the regulars out
here. What I end up doing is not having fun. I am fixated on not
shooting a snapshot, but creating a photograph that says something.
This is worse since digital. I used to bulk load TRI-X, 72
exposures in a can, shoot 'em off at 3fps in my A-1. I would shoot
300 pics in a day, develop the film, print proof sheets, say it's
all junk and not keep anything. Now, with digital, I dont even have
to process. Viewing, and deleting, 400 images takes nothing more
than a click or two. You would think this was the passion of an
artist at work, but no... Snapshots I am good at, photographs are a
different story. Sometimes I get lucky. ( A blind man points a
shotgun at a fence lined up with birds and he will get one or two)
I am not a perfectionist, I simply dont like what comes out of the
camera.
I go out with my camera thinking exactly what Billy expressed. Out
of 3000 images shot with my C-700 I have kept 90. I am getting
better, at least I have some.
So how about the photographer who shoots a bunch of pics and likes
them. This is the person who goes out and just has fun. Who gets
more pleasure out of the hobby?
Although my personal truth aligns perfectly with what was said by
Billy this should not imply that I don't enjoy looking at all the
pictures posted here. I do. And yes, I have cow pictures posted on
Pbase. Ducks too...
Regards
--
rich
c-700, d-510
http://www.pbase.com/iceninevt
