Comments on: Are you Really as Talented as you Think you Are?

By: Curry

Curry — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:59:36 +0000

BLAH BLAH BLAH... leave it all behind and go back to the beginning? There is no going back.. I do not care how many automatic settings there are and how many people can point and shoot. There will always be "the camera owner" and "The Photographer" There will always be a distinction and that will come down to "OPINION" who is good and who is not good, who is worth of selling and who can get there stuff up on a wall somewhere. It is and always will be "TALENT" plus "Personality" plus "Who do you know" and unfortunately it goes in the order of "who you know" then "personality" then Talent. Surprisingly Talent is LAST! But I stand by.. and say... I don't care who can buy a camera, I don't care who can operate a camera, The proof is . .. what does this person see? what are they focused on? what is their story? Do i feel something when looking at their work? A camera owner is not necessarily a Photographer. Nuff Said, Curry

By: charlotte

charlotte — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:46:58 +0000

so you people out there belive in yourself and dont listen to others who dont

By: charlotte

charlotte — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:45:18 +0000

i think if you love somthing so much than you should go for it no matter what. dont listen to people who dont belive in you belive in yourself i am only 11 and i am in aldin panto and people did not belive me but i found a website and i belived just like that and it made a drmatic change to my life and i dont regreat it

By: chris

chris — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:45:44 +0000

One more thing to add:
if you want a dose of reality, get critiqued here:
http://www.photosig.com/go/main

There's no shortage of highly critical photographers.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:43:56 +0000

I find that every time I 'think' of myself as a photographer, my work gets worse. Best to think of yourself as mediocre and in need of being better, but stripping out the need for validation from others.

By: Helmut

Helmut — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:13:44 +0000

Spot on article but I would have liked to see one thing added. Photographers, especially in smaller cities or areas have a clientel/community around them that know very little. For them sometimes even average photos are good. Main example is wedding photographers, I do design and some photography for people but I am not pro by any means, yet my photos are much better than most of my competition. The clients of the photographers in my area have the monopoly purely because their clients don't know the difference. (When I say mine are better I mean technically better)

By: MissD

MissD — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:59:59 +0000

I found this really useful, thanks. Have been a hobbyist for ages, then won a national photography competition where the prize was a digital SLR - it's the best thing that could have happened for me, as I now have all the tools to get into photography more seriously.
I have started a RedBubble profile and also submitted a few images to JPG mag which is helping me to get gage a reaction on images I think are good. Not expecting anyone to buy anything yet, but when it happens I'll be over the moon!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:45:39 +0000

Funny thing, I sold a few pictures, and still I would not say I'm a really good fotografer - I'm just learning, and having enough luck to sell a few lucky images along the road.