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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I took more than 10k over the last 3 weeks and I only liked about 10. I’m pretty happy. Try to enjoy it more and care less about the results
The tricky part about photography is that is looks so easy. It’s not. Even if you’ve learned all the technical skills, there is an infinite amount of things to photograph and even more ways to do it.
Developing your vision, the way you see the things around you, isn’t something you learn in a month, or even a year. It takes practice, experience.
But there are things you can do. Look at the work of other photographers. Collect images. Make moodboards. What do you like? Why? Try out different styles. There are also plenty of books/YouTube videos on composition, colour, poses, etc… Take inspiration from other art forms, paintings, movies…
Remember that the work you see from successful photographers is only the tip of a mountain. You don’t see the beginners work, the failures, the mediocre images, that came before.
They too, take 500 shots in a day, to select only 1 really good image. Sometimes none.
Remember, also, that even though some people are born with a natural talent, to become really good at something, in the end it’s really a matter of putting the work and time in.
Don’t give up! Good luck!
Yea, stop looking at others pictures, and concentrate on your own. Your problem is your mindset. As long as you think your photos are not as good as others, they never will be.
The photos I take are not any better or any worse than others…they are mine. And as someone who has probably been doing this twice as long as you’ve been alive, I can honestly say I like mine, and don’t compare them to others. Every photo is a once-in-a-lifetime shot that will never come around again, and every photographer is like no one else.
Once you realize that the problem is not the photos, but the mind of the one taking them, then you’ll have the answer you’re looking for.