stsinner
No longer a newbie, moving up!
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2008
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Learning to see has got to be at the top of the list for me. I had a P&S for a number of years, and unfortunately for me these were the years that I was traveling quite often to beautiful places. I always looked for "post card" shots, and thus got the occasional "nice shot" feedback from others. However, most of those "nice shots" were quite on accident. I have just recently been going through my archives, and though my technical skill has obviously advanced since then (a 35mm SLR & 2 DSLRs later...so I would hope so); my one progression that stands out is how I see the environment around me. Previously, if it wasn't pretty and colorful, I would have kept on walking. Now, I'm looking up, down, left, right, and I find myself walking backwards down park trails just to see if I missed something going forward. I see a world I never would have a few years ago, and this has expanded my photographic world as well. I have learned to see the beauty within the "normal" realm and translate that to an image.
That is, to me, my greatest accomplishment as yet.
That's a great contribution.. Photography, and, in particular, critical thinking photography does have a way of making you see the world in a whole new light. You just have to get that damned light to your sensor correctly....