Fortunately, this week I got my weekly email from Digital Photography School and there happened to be an article titled Start feeling GOOD about YOUR photography. It was like it was meant to be! Perfect timing in fact.
The authors first point was about starting to compare yourself to yourself three months ago, six months ago, even a year or so ago. You are your own benchmark for improvement.
Guess what I happen to be trying to do at the moment????? Sort through some holiday snaps from 2 years ago that got put on the back burner when bubs arrived. There are quite a lot of photos that I have come across that I am REALLY embarrassed to have taken. What was I thinking? My settings were terrible! There are some ones I am happy with though.
Another important point he made was about sharing your photos. Sharing what you go will also help you improve especially if you are open to critique from others. So, its a good thing I have started this blog to share what I do! I hope you will leave me comments if you wish!
The other point that sits pretty well with me is defeating gear envy. Yep, I get some pretty good gear envy from time to time..... and I know I shouldn't. I have a really good camera that I am happy with and I have upgraded my lens to a really nice piece of glass. So, I will try really hard to not get gear envy and really push my self to get everything out of the gear I already have! Interestingly enough, the photos from our holiday 2 years ago were taken on my original 350D with kit lenses, so I am very blessed to have been able to upgrade to some newer gear.
Anyway, here are some photos from a few years back. Ones I am happy with!
Kaikora, New Zealand
Seal Colony north of Kaikora
Hanmer Springs, New Zealand
Westport, New Zealand
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