Lesson Learned - Perseverence (long)

[MicheleP]

you must be walking on clouds. Congrats on receiving such wonderful validation of your work.

I have a tendency to say that my photo's aren't "good enough" for this or that. But one thing I know is that I have a passion for photography. That is my driving force to keep me going, learning and improving.

Receiving validation is also important, because it lets me know that I am following the right direction, which is my direction, not someone elses.

Michele
http://www.pbase.com/michelep

 

[kopper]

Florindo,

I'll always remember your excitement when you one the mini-challenge (the Baby Doll photo i believe..), and thought then that you were starting to make that big jump into really terrific photos. And you have! Congrats again, and don't ever be afraid to "go for it"!

kopper
--
http://www.kopperhead.com/Current%20Photos/CurrentIndex.html
http://www.kopperhead.com/PhotoArchive/ArchiveIndex.html

 

[Florindo Gallicchio]

Kopper:

Wow! You remember that?

Yes, you are right, when I won that photo mini-challenge, it was like a boost in the arm for me. That was one of the turning points for me.

Thanks for the kind compliments! I appreciate it much.

Florindo

Florindo,

I'll always remember your excitement when you one the
mini-challenge (the Baby Doll photo i believe..), and thought then
that you were starting to make that big jump into really terrific
photos. And you have! Congrats again, and don't ever be afraid to
"go for it"!

kopper
--
http://www.kopperhead.com/Current%20Photos/CurrentIndex.html
http://www.kopperhead.com/PhotoArchive/ArchiveIndex.html

 

[Florindo Gallicchio]

Thanks very much, Michele. I've been feelin' pretty positive today.

Your pictures are incredible. I really enjoyed your gallery, and I showed your pictures to my wife, who also liked them a lot.

Florindo

you must be walking on clouds. Congrats on receiving such
wonderful validation of your work.

I have a tendency to say that my photo's aren't "good enough" for
this or that. But one thing I know is that I have a passion for
photography. That is my driving force to keep me going, learning
and improving.

Receiving validation is also important, because it lets me know
that I am following the right direction, which is my direction, not
someone elses.

Michele
http://www.pbase.com/michelep

 

[Ann McRae]

I am very happy that it not only worked out, but worked out really really well.

Perserverence almost always pays off. Well done, Florindo.

Congrats, and thanks for sharing this really happy moment.

ann

Friends:

If I may indulge you a bit to share a very good day I had today...

Over the past few days, I've learned a valuable lesson in
perseverence, or "persistent determination." It was exactly that
determination that took me one step farther in my quest to become a
good photographer.

As you may have read in my previous posts, my WTC picture was
chosen as a prize for a raffle at a trade show in New York City.
The picture was chosen from my Web gallery. When I attempted to
print it to 11X14, it looked horrible. For three days I worked on
it until I finally gave up. I posted one last time to the list for
help, and Shay answered. I took his advice and added it to all of
the things I've learned on my own as well as from this most
excellent forum. I calmed down, planned my workflow, and went to
work. The result was incredible. I made three prints, and matted
and framed them last night.

Well, today I was standing at the train station waiting for the
train into NYC. I had a small crowd of people looking at my
picture (I was showing it to my co-worker), and they were paying me
compliments. One guy, a NYC-based graphics designer on his way to
work, didn't believe me when I told him "I am not a photographer."
He told me to sell the prints. That made me feel good.

At the trade show, I got more responses to and interest in the
picture than I did for my intended purpose there. One guy, an
intellectual property attorney based in Hollywood, California,
really liked the picture. He owns a company that deals in
licensing and acquisition of art and photography for the media
(movies, television, etc.). He basically finds artwork for his
clients, who are major movie and television entities, for use as
stock photos (like cityscape shots behind the weatherman, for
example). He asked for my business card and told me he wanted to
see "proofs" of my work. (I gotta go figure out what that means.)
That made me feel REALLY good.

So, what does this all mean? I can't give up. I have to keep a
positive attitude. I have to have more faith in my work. I have
to keep shooting. Perhaps it's time for me to start considering
the possibility that yes, I am a photographer.

Thanks for listening.

Florindo
http://www.pbase.com/florindo

--
Canadian Ann
http://www.pbase.com/canadian_ann

http://www.cs.duke.edu/~parr/photography/faq.html

 

[Florindo Gallicchio]

I know this has been posted before, but I must say it again. This forum is incredible. It's great. It's fun. It's informative. Etc., etc.

Being a part of a world-wide community of people with similar interests is great, and it's pretty common nowadays with the Internet.

But take a close look at the vast majority of posts in this forum. People of many walks of life offering their opinions, their artistic talents, their help... If you really think about it, this kind of exchange of ideas and opinions and even things that are very personal (families, etc.) is something you'd find among close friends or even family.

Look what happened to me -- I had to accomplish something big, and I was able to rely on the folks of this forum to get me through it. When I was feeling down, my friends from all over the world were there to pick me up!

If only this spirit of closeness were to be pervasive in life in general. What a great world it would be. Imagine that - the STF is a microcosm of an ideal world.

...Okay, I'm waxing a little poetic, but hey, it's still a great place to hang out!

Florindo

 

[Florindo Gallicchio]

Thanks very much, Ann!

Florindo

 

[Andy Williams]

well done! a great story and you deserve it for your work!

-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

 

[Rob Lacina]

Hi Florindo,

Excellent job and congrats on getting the recognition for your efforts. I've gone back over your posts about this image and you've tried many different things. However, now that you've finally got the results you wanted, can you tell us all the steps you took in the end to achieve this last image, especially to get the large print looking good?

I'm interested, because I'm still working on a couple images from months ago, that look great on screen, but don't print as nice as I'd like.

Thanks,
Rob.
-----------------------------------------
Adelaide, Australia - DSC-F717

 

[1ofUs!]

I think we here on dpreview forget how photography looks to the average person. It is easy to think our stuff is just averagebeing surrounded nded by the kind of talent we find here. It is easy to lose perspective and get unreasonably picky. When in reality, like you just experienced, most of us here are capable of producing something that is really appreciated and admired. You certainly have exceptional talent even by dpreview standards Florindo. Don't sell yourself short - your stuff is great. Didn't you get an offer to sell some in Yellowstone too? If you want to do this . . .looks like you are ready! Congrats, Cindy

Friends:

If I may indulge you a bit to share a very good day I had today...

Over the past few days, I've learned a valuable lesson in
perseverence, or "persistent determination." It was exactly that
determination that took me one step farther in my quest to become a
good photographer.

As you may have read in my previous posts, my WTC picture was
chosen as a prize for a raffle at a trade show in New York City.
The picture was chosen from my Web gallery. When I attempted to
print it to 11X14, it looked horrible. For three days I worked on
it until I finally gave up. I posted one last time to the list for
help, and Shay answered. I took his advice and added it to all of
the things I've learned on my own as well as from this most
excellent forum. I calmed down, planned my workflow, and went to
work. The result was incredible. I made three prints, and matted
and framed them last night.

Well, today I was standing at the train station waiting for the
train into NYC. I had a small crowd of people looking at my
picture (I was showing it to my co-worker), and they were paying me
compliments. One guy, a NYC-based graphics designer on his way to
work, didn't believe me when I told him "I am not a photographer."
He told me to sell the prints. That made me feel good.

At the trade show, I got more responses to and interest in the
picture than I did for my intended purpose there. One guy, an
intellectual property attorney based in Hollywood, California,
really liked the picture. He owns a company that deals in
licensing and acquisition of art and photography for the media
(movies, television, etc.). He basically finds artwork for his
clients, who are major movie and television entities, for use as
stock photos (like cityscape shots behind the weatherman, for
example). He asked for my business card and told me he wanted to
see "proofs" of my work. (I gotta go figure out what that means.)
That made me feel REALLY good.

So, what does this all mean? I can't give up. I have to keep a
positive attitude. I have to have more faith in my work. I have
to keep shooting. Perhaps it's time for me to start considering
the possibility that yes, I am a photographer.

Thanks for listening.

Florindo
http://www.pbase.com/florindo

--
CindyD or SarahD
If one of us is laughing, and the other one isn't, one of us must be wrong...

 

[Bvcuma]

Hi Florindo..
Thanks for posting this..
gave me a nice spark of inspiration..
thanks
Bruce

Friends:

If I may indulge you a bit to share a very good day I had today...

Over the past few days, I've learned a valuable lesson in
perseverence, or "persistent determination." It was exactly that
determination that took me one step farther in my quest to become a
good photographer.

As you may have read in my previous posts, my WTC picture was
chosen as a prize for a raffle at a trade show in New York City.
The picture was chosen from my Web gallery. When I attempted to
print it to 11X14, it looked horrible. For three days I worked on
it until I finally gave up. I posted one last time to the list for
help, and Shay answered. I took his advice and added it to all of
the things I've learned on my own as well as from this most
excellent forum. I calmed down, planned my workflow, and went to
work. The result was incredible. I made three prints, and matted
and framed them last night.

Well, today I was standing at the train station waiting for the
train into NYC. I had a small crowd of people looking at my
picture (I was showing it to my co-worker), and they were paying me
compliments. One guy, a NYC-based graphics designer on his way to
work, didn't believe me when I told him "I am not a photographer."
He told me to sell the prints. That made me feel good.

At the trade show, I got more responses to and interest in the
picture than I did for my intended purpose there. One guy, an
intellectual property attorney based in Hollywood, California,
really liked the picture. He owns a company that deals in
licensing and acquisition of art and photography for the media
(movies, television, etc.). He basically finds artwork for his
clients, who are major movie and television entities, for use as
stock photos (like cityscape shots behind the weatherman, for
example). He asked for my business card and told me he wanted to
see "proofs" of my work. (I gotta go figure out what that means.)
That made me feel REALLY good.

So, what does this all mean? I can't give up. I have to keep a
positive attitude. I have to have more faith in my work. I have
to keep shooting. Perhaps it's time for me to start considering
the possibility that yes, I am a photographer.

Thanks for listening.

Florindo
http://www.pbase.com/florindo

 

[D. Bentley]

He asked for my business card and told me he wanted to
see "proofs" of my work. (I gotta go figure out what that means.)

Being new to photography, I can only guess what a proof is for the medium, however, I work in a printshop as a layout and design artist for the last 2 years, and in this field, a proof is just a sample showing how the final should appear. Proofs are then looked at by the client, suggestions/changes given by the client, then we work from there if there's any changes. Taking an educated guess based on that, I would say he's looking for a mid res print with all the editing and color correction done to get a fair idea of how a full resolution print will look.

If I'm wrong on any point here, I hope someone with more knowledge in this area will correct me.

 

[plantynut]

You must feel on top of the world!
That's a wonderful picture. Bravo to you Florindo

 

[Ken Morris147054]

Florindo,

That is really a great story. I really enjoyed your WTC shots. I hope you continue to have more success.

-Ken

Friends:

If I may indulge you a bit to share a very good day I had today...

Over the past few days, I've learned a valuable lesson in
perseverence, or "persistent determination." It was exactly that
determination that took me one step farther in my quest to become a
good photographer.

As you may have read in my previous posts, my WTC picture was
chosen as a prize for a raffle at a trade show in New York City.
The picture was chosen from my Web gallery. When I attempted to
print it to 11X14, it looked horrible. For three days I worked on
it until I finally gave up. I posted one last time to the list for
help, and Shay answered. I took his advice and added it to all of
the things I've learned on my own as well as from this most
excellent forum. I calmed down, planned my workflow, and went to
work. The result was incredible. I made three prints, and matted
and framed them last night.

Well, today I was standing at the train station waiting for the
train into NYC. I had a small crowd of people looking at my
picture (I was showing it to my co-worker), and they were paying me
compliments. One guy, a NYC-based graphics designer on his way to
work, didn't believe me when I told him "I am not a photographer."
He told me to sell the prints. That made me feel good.

At the trade show, I got more responses to and interest in the
picture than I did for my intended purpose there. One guy, an
intellectual property attorney based in Hollywood, California,
really liked the picture. He owns a company that deals in
licensing and acquisition of art and photography for the media
(movies, television, etc.). He basically finds artwork for his
clients, who are major movie and television entities, for use as
stock photos (like cityscape shots behind the weatherman, for
example). He asked for my business card and told me he wanted to
see "proofs" of my work. (I gotta go figure out what that means.)
That made me feel REALLY good.

So, what does this all mean? I can't give up. I have to keep a
positive attitude. I have to have more faith in my work. I have
to keep shooting. Perhaps it's time for me to start considering
the possibility that yes, I am a photographer.

Thanks for listening.

Florindo
http://www.pbase.com/florindo

--
http://www.pbase.com/kenmorris/
DSC-F717, DSC-S70

 

[sigriston]

Oh! Hi there, Florindo!

I'm very pleased to know that many people (not only you -- look at the many replies!) find photography as rewarding as I do!

Before I forget... Portuguese is my native language; I am Brazilian, that's why... Too bad there's nothing terribly interesting in my Web site, because I have very little time for updates and stuff like that!

Anyways, it seems that you are a Portuguese speaker as well... Could you tell me where do you come from?

Well... thanks a lot for the kind words! Wish you the best,

-- thiago

Thanks for the kind words.

Yes, photography can be very rewarding in a number of ways, and
just like you said, achieving results never thought possible is a
great reward, for me.

By the way - I checked out your Web site
( http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~ra002560/ ). Are you a native
Portuguese or English speaker? That's pretty good that I can't
tell which one. It means to me that you're very good with both.

Florindo

Congratulations, Florindo!

I think your pictures are very cool, and thus, you are indeed a
photographer!

I somehow relate to your "little" story; I think photography is one
of the most rewarding means of Art... I've been taking pictures for
a very little time, and yet I've been able to achieve results I
never thought possible! Of course they are very far from pro
quality, but still, they amaze me because I'd never imagined myself
taking such pictures!

Thanks a lot for sharing your story, I enjoyed it very much!

-- thiago