mblanton wrote:
or am I just fooling myself?
Don't know. That is an inside job. But as far as not moving on, you answered your own question:
mblanton wrote:
I have not been doing anything new lately
There ya go.
Anything (Anything) that you don't devote time to will slip from you. I remember an interview once with Clyde "the Glide" Drexler. It was in June or July and he practiced with college kids (sparring partners) 6 to 8 hours a day. When he was asked why he doesn't take it easy in the off season, he said "My off season is what gives me my season."
I ran across a text book - a lousy one, but it had one great idea - practice, practice, practice. It had a short list of drills. One week, take 100 horizontal pan shots, next week 100 of something green, next week 100 close ups, and so on, you get the idea. Don't try to be Ansel Adams on every shot. The first time through be happy with 1 decent one out of the 100. Next time through try for 3 out of 100, etc, etc. The point is, keep in practice so that when you are faced with shooting a close up of something green moving horizontally, you will intuitively know what technique to set and how to compose and frame.
Keep at it. There is some decent stuff here, the baby shot is nice. I think remember the shot of the wife (?) from some time ago. If I remember correctly, I said it was out of focus, and that the background cuts the frame in half.
Anyway, if you want to be a photographer, be one. Your choice. Keep at it, because you are what you do, not what you say you are.
Rad
