Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Davis" <jdavi...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: "The myth of persistence"
IOW, in photography, one is, safe to say, striving to satisfy their own
criteria as to what qualifies as "good." The sense of gratitude and
satisfaction one feels at meeting said criteria is enhanced by the amount
of effort it too to achieve.
While we all march to our own drum, I've benefitted tremendously by having
what I think are my best images critiqued by professional outdoor
photographers. Sometimes a humbling experience but over the years it has had
a very beneficial impact on my images.
Frustration with the process simply implies impatience.
Jack
--- On Sun, 3/13/11, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: "The myth of persistence"
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 7:57 AM
On 3/11/2011 8:52 AM, AlunFoto
wrote:
> Interesting essay.
> On one hand he advocates not to persist at something
you're not good
> at, in order to spend time doing things that brings
you more sense of
> achiement. On the other hand, all his examples revolve
around monetary
> reward as the sole gauge of achievement.
>
> Shoots his own logic in the foot, in my opinion.
>
> Jostein
Jostein, are you trying to say that basically one has to
have criteria for everything: how successful one is, does
one enjoy doing whatever they are doing, how difficult it is
to persevere on a given subject, is there any gain from
persisting, etc.
Looks a bit like an egg and a turkey kind of question. So,
I take snow scenes pictures (well, I don't, but just to flow
with the underlying motif) and it does not come out right.
Do I have to keep taking them? Well, may be, if I know that
throughout the year (provided, I am not living in one season
over whole year climate zone) I take other pictures, say of
similar grand motif, a.k.a. landscape and they turn out
good. May be I just enjoy the process of shooting out in the
cold snowy weather. They may not sell, I may delete them
afterwards... Am I actually trying to compete face to face
with well known and established artists of the genre?
Or perhaps I am missing the point entirely here...
Boris
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