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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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I'm close to giving up photography (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Weary_Second3871@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Heyoo guys. I have an soul roblem. I fell like i m still bad at photography. I took over 10k photos with a Sony a6000 in 1 year and only few of them are "good". I can t get out of this felling. I just began a photography course in my town, but i still don t think my photos are good enough. I allways wonder about time spent for over 10k, more precise 11 243 shots. And i look at other photographers having only 4-5k photos taken and their photos being so good. I just don t know what to do, i am stucked in this loop...Any advices?

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[–] tampawn@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Constant improvement is key. I am so much better than I was 20 years ago. I've better technique and better equipment, and its been a long haul since.

I had a lot of frustration when I bought my first DSLR. It was a package with a Nikon D70 and a short and long Tamron lenses that were super soft. I realized it wasn't me it was the crap Tamrons and got 18-200 Nikon and a 50mm 1.8 Nikon and the images were better. I had a few gigs and went to Africa with that setup and the pics were good but not half as good as I get today. That was 15 years ago, and since I've gotten better cameras and lenses with money from gigs. Its a slow gradual process getting the right tools you can afford. Now I really don't have any wants for more equipment. I look at old shots and I can see how far I've come. I can't believe people paid me for some of the pics I delivered haha.

Think of the future and where you want to be. Find photos you love by others and make them your goal. If I looked back I may not have gotten to where I am now!

I'll never forget working with a pro wedding photographer and watched how easy she made it look and how freaking crisp her images were....her stuff became my goal. And I've reached it and I think surpassed her style.

Another thing that really helped were all the articles on this page. Great stuff .. read every one!