Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
We have touched on this a few times around the place, just thought it about time we delved into it a little more!
As i mentioned in another thread my confidence as a photographer (especially with weddings) waxes and wanes like nothing else in my life ...
I spend half my time following my own rules, making my own style, being comfortable in my self and enjoying my job, and the other half hating everything i do, wishing i was more like this photographer or that (Asun Olivan for one ... damn you ).
When I followed my interest in hifi a lot more, there was always a sense of trying to reach the unobtainable perfect hifi ... Now i dont follow it as much im very happy with my hifi!
I seem to feel the same about photography ... im working toward entirely unobtainable perfection!
We are tainted by each other in equal measures to inspired!
The bit of the brain that allows one to work freely is inspired by others work
and the bit that sees that others as better is tainted ...
How positive is this relationship we have with each others work?
My guess is that we need both reactions and emotions to help us get better...
We need the wax and wane to batter as when we are down to make us improve, but we need the confidence in what we do to keep us going ...
ultimately maybe the best way to be a photographer is not to be one at all ... look at what Kevs kids churn out ...
Great, unusual, interesting photos taken with a freedom us "Real Photographers" can never again achieve ...
Or maybe we can?
Enough of my ranting!
what are your thoughts?
As i mentioned in another thread my confidence as a photographer (especially with weddings) waxes and wanes like nothing else in my life ...
I spend half my time following my own rules, making my own style, being comfortable in my self and enjoying my job, and the other half hating everything i do, wishing i was more like this photographer or that (Asun Olivan for one ... damn you ).
When I followed my interest in hifi a lot more, there was always a sense of trying to reach the unobtainable perfect hifi ... Now i dont follow it as much im very happy with my hifi!
I seem to feel the same about photography ... im working toward entirely unobtainable perfection!
We are tainted by each other in equal measures to inspired!
The bit of the brain that allows one to work freely is inspired by others work
and the bit that sees that others as better is tainted ...
How positive is this relationship we have with each others work?
My guess is that we need both reactions and emotions to help us get better...
We need the wax and wane to batter as when we are down to make us improve, but we need the confidence in what we do to keep us going ...
ultimately maybe the best way to be a photographer is not to be one at all ... look at what Kevs kids churn out ...
Great, unusual, interesting photos taken with a freedom us "Real Photographers" can never again achieve ...
Or maybe we can?
Enough of my ranting!
what are your thoughts?