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

I didn't really start enjoying my pictures until I started shooting through cheap vintage glass, usually close to minimum focus distance at a wide aperture, but then experimenting. The process of hunting for interesting light on an object and slowly composing and focusing on it while getting the blurry background looking just right brings a lot of calm and contemplative joy.

It looks like you're shooting some inherently difficult subjects where a lot of environmental factors need to be aligned just right to offer you a fleeting moment.

Personally, I like shooting boring things, like leaves and grass and branches. I don't think my pictures are all that great, but at least I'm having fun getting them.

https://preview.redd.it/60em66pzvq0c1.jpeg?width=4896&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06b0b4a8cb25b0e08592c4314aeda60f4342e7ec

Mossy branch over a puddle, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 1:4.5/135 & cheap 0.7x focal reducer on a Fuji X-Pro1.