Now I don't know how I feel about this myself yet....
....but I finally got all my pictures from pre-Katrina New Orleans printed today. I whizzed through them thinking at first that I was a photography god, mainly due to having only seen the images via one of those 4X6 index prints since 2005 when I had the negatives developed. Now having seen them in 4X6 format I am afraid to say that while I chose my subject matter incredibly well, shot from the hip often and really worked at shooting in full manual mode trying to create the feel I saw in my mind using technique......I captured dismally few images in the manner I had intended.
Some of the finished product are really incredible, and I love them as they are the accomplished images I sought. I managed to pull perhaps 3 great shots per roll. I had such high hopes for more. I think it is so disappointing because I had such little time there and what I shot is no longer there in the same form any longer. I feel perhaps I let people down. Though in reality no one knew what I saw but me and the thought of the things I saw still brings tears to my eyes sometimes.
Note to self: The major external contributing factors that contributed to my disappointment:
* need and extreme wide angle lens for shooting massive buildings and scenery in close streets.
* The next zoom lens I purchase needs to be a high speed lens nothing slower than an f2.8.
* I need a sturdier tripod for shooting at night in high wind on the river.
* I need to take yet more time, and most importantly....it is time I go to school and understand the art of technical photography on more than just a gut level.
All in all I am happy and proud of having gone there alone and seen and loved all I did. One of the best experiences of my life. It changed my goals and future forever.
I am proud of my photography, and lately I have been showing it to people and even giving some prints as gifts and while others laugh at my surprise I am constantly shocked at how people respond so emotionally to the pictures I have taken. Maybe I am good at this or something. I should try to not be so hard on myself.
Some of the finished product are really incredible, and I love them as they are the accomplished images I sought. I managed to pull perhaps 3 great shots per roll. I had such high hopes for more. I think it is so disappointing because I had such little time there and what I shot is no longer there in the same form any longer. I feel perhaps I let people down. Though in reality no one knew what I saw but me and the thought of the things I saw still brings tears to my eyes sometimes.
Note to self: The major external contributing factors that contributed to my disappointment:
* need and extreme wide angle lens for shooting massive buildings and scenery in close streets.
* The next zoom lens I purchase needs to be a high speed lens nothing slower than an f2.8.
* I need a sturdier tripod for shooting at night in high wind on the river.
* I need to take yet more time, and most importantly....it is time I go to school and understand the art of technical photography on more than just a gut level.
All in all I am happy and proud of having gone there alone and seen and loved all I did. One of the best experiences of my life. It changed my goals and future forever.
I am proud of my photography, and lately I have been showing it to people and even giving some prints as gifts and while others laugh at my surprise I am constantly shocked at how people respond so emotionally to the pictures I have taken. Maybe I am good at this or something. I should try to not be so hard on myself.