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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Perfectionism is ruining my drive to take photos (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by alpinab10v10@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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My photos rarely come out how I want them to (because I don't take enough pictures), and that puts me off taking any more photos because they all seem 'bad' to me. It's a sort of reinforcing cycle.

I try to take pictures of interesting subjects, in interesting lighting etc., but find myself putting the camera back into the drawer for another 2 months before I pick it up again and go through the same cycle. It's almost like I'd rather take no pictures than bad pictures.

Is this normal, or am I just insane? I neglected taking my camera on my last trip abroad because of this feeling.

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[–] Brief-Adhesiveness93@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

My main drive is to capture the world around me as good as I can. Sometimes there’s just a one try hit or miss shot. If it’s a big miss it’s okay. If ist’s okayish I tell myself it’s better than not have the shot.