Wednesday, May 25
Little Angels Rock
I'm a smidge critical of my photography. I don't think I'm supposed to admit this but if I'm being perfectly honestly, I never really like ANY of my pictures. *sigh* For example, today I took a few shots of Little K which I think are just okay. I am suspicious that I might like them better if I could see them minus Heather-the-Photographer filter...but I don't know. Perhaps I would dislike them even more! Ha!
I think the most frustrating thing is that I'm not even sure what I'm unhappy about. I just look at my pictures and think they're not good enough. The white balance is off, the focus isn't sharp, the color isn't fully saturated, the background is distracting...and so on and so forth.
I've even started thinking my camera is messed up...maybe it *is* messed up. I should look carefully at my camera settings and just make sure I didn't accidentally change something. But I have a feeling it's just this weird funk I've been in.
I'm also suspicious that I might be a bit of a perfectionist. But it needs to stop. I just want to go back to taking pictures and enjoying it. I'm getting too caught up worrying about silly stuff that doesn't matter. The important thing is that I'm recording my adorable little children being their wonderful little selves...right?!
Update twenty minutes later:
So here I was, wallowing in this pit of self-loathing. And then I saw this video my cousin posted on Facebook and it made me laugh and realize that I am taking myself WAY TOO SERIOUSLY. She could not have posted this at a more perfect time. Thank you Hilary for giving me some perspective. Ha!
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I had a chuckle at your post because I think the same thing about my pictures and think yours are 100x better than mine. Not sure if your thoughts make me feel better by thinking "everyone feels this way" or makes me feel worse thinking mine must seem really bad. ha ha My little point and shoot -- I get that those could have flaws because I don't control most of the settings, but with my big Canon with a nice lens on a tripod? What is the problem? I cannot get tack sharp photos to save my life and it's driving me bonkers. Sometimes I get discouraged thinking there is too much practice and too much I don't know about photography to even dream of taking good pictures, but I figure I enjoy it and I just have to be patient. I am too critical of myself. Long ramble to say "I can relate." :-)
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