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

You are right where you need to be. It takes time to develop a style and look. Pick one thing you want to improve in your photos the most, maybe it is lighting, composition, subject, etc. Just focus on that and try to improve it. Then move to another.

Also, don't compare yourself to others. Everyone has different starting points and backgrounds. The only comparison I do is to myself 6 months ago. Have I improved since then?

You will always be your own worst critic. We all look at our own work harshly, it's just a part of being an artist/creator.