PixelRabbit
A naughty little bunny...
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I'm not sure exactly where this post will go but I know exactly where it's starting, I feel like I'm just spinning my wheels.
So I'm having one of "those" days so perhaps that has something to do with my extra frustration today but it's been building for a while now, today I'm just frustrated enough to not care if I get lambasted for posting this if it ultimately gives me direction.
So like I said I feel like I'm just spinning my wheels, taking pictures and posting them here and on FB, getting feedback, learning bits I'm still missing then moving on to the next picture... rinse... repeat.
More and more I'm getting frustrated with this loop I've created and I want (to do) more. Every time I try to wrap my head around what more I can do with my photographs I get overwhelmed and have no clue where or whether to start. I think it would be easier if I shot people, I can see the direction to take there and I've even considered learning so I at least had a jumping off point but my heart just isn't in shooting people at this point so that is just a recipe for disaster IMHO.
Then the critic in me chimes in and says I'm insane, I'm a noob and what gives me the idea that my stuff belongs anywhere other than my own personal collection and I have no clue where to begin regardless so round and round we go.
I have just printed off a few tests for larger prints... again...but I am dragging my heels on that too... again... I fear these tests which turned out ok will just get tacked to the wall like the last set of test prints and I will carry on my loop, round and round we go.
And the frustration builds, am I jumping the gun? Am I beating myself up for something that shouldn't even be on my radar yet because I have so much left to learn? I envy anyone who has the balls to put themselves out there, like really out there, hell even the hordes of FB photographers have one up on me on this count, they at least have the dedication to put it all together and I just can't seem to even figure out whether to start and even if I did how...
Then I read the countless threads that come up here about charging and selling etc... from people putting the cart in front of the horse and I guess in a way I'm hoping that's not my case but I fear it is and I know you guys will keep me honest with myself.
Well I've sat here after free writing that to see what came out and I don't even know what else to say here, what to ask, etc... it appears this turned into a bit of a vent and whine all rolled into one. I'm not going to go back and change or edit it, I'm going to leave it as it is and hope perhaps some wise words will come from you guys to help me get past this frustration one way or another...
So I'm having one of "those" days so perhaps that has something to do with my extra frustration today but it's been building for a while now, today I'm just frustrated enough to not care if I get lambasted for posting this if it ultimately gives me direction.
So like I said I feel like I'm just spinning my wheels, taking pictures and posting them here and on FB, getting feedback, learning bits I'm still missing then moving on to the next picture... rinse... repeat.
More and more I'm getting frustrated with this loop I've created and I want (to do) more. Every time I try to wrap my head around what more I can do with my photographs I get overwhelmed and have no clue where or whether to start. I think it would be easier if I shot people, I can see the direction to take there and I've even considered learning so I at least had a jumping off point but my heart just isn't in shooting people at this point so that is just a recipe for disaster IMHO.
Then the critic in me chimes in and says I'm insane, I'm a noob and what gives me the idea that my stuff belongs anywhere other than my own personal collection and I have no clue where to begin regardless so round and round we go.
I have just printed off a few tests for larger prints... again...but I am dragging my heels on that too... again... I fear these tests which turned out ok will just get tacked to the wall like the last set of test prints and I will carry on my loop, round and round we go.
And the frustration builds, am I jumping the gun? Am I beating myself up for something that shouldn't even be on my radar yet because I have so much left to learn? I envy anyone who has the balls to put themselves out there, like really out there, hell even the hordes of FB photographers have one up on me on this count, they at least have the dedication to put it all together and I just can't seem to even figure out whether to start and even if I did how...
Then I read the countless threads that come up here about charging and selling etc... from people putting the cart in front of the horse and I guess in a way I'm hoping that's not my case but I fear it is and I know you guys will keep me honest with myself.
Well I've sat here after free writing that to see what came out and I don't even know what else to say here, what to ask, etc... it appears this turned into a bit of a vent and whine all rolled into one. I'm not going to go back and change or edit it, I'm going to leave it as it is and hope perhaps some wise words will come from you guys to help me get past this frustration one way or another...