Research shows that real mastery of any skill requires 10,000 hours of practice. I figure I spent about 1500 hours doing photography between ages 15-47, and have spent about 1500 hours on it in the last 28 months. It’ll take me another ten years do get my photography Ph.D., and that’s only if I continue to push myself.
Did your photography improve from 2008 to 2009? Why or why not? What are you going to do to improve in 2010?
This year I did a lot of studying of famous photographers to learn composition, and I think I got a lot better at doing intense photography road trips. I had fun with Ilford 3200 film, and learned how to do portraits. I don’t think the shots I posted to Flickr were any better in 2009 than 2008; but I took a lot more photos this year (most of which never get posted to Flickr) that I personally like.
Time to plan for 2010…
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JdJ Photography (Aardewerk) 43 months ago | reply
Instant fave! Love the colours and the light-dark transition.
Sati Kobashi [deleted] 43 months ago | reply
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
This is so strong and awesome!!
I honestly don't know yet what I'll do to improve my work... but it looks like I'll have more help next year through new friends I made. :o)
Jawdoc 43 months ago | reply
just enjoy getting out there and surprising myself...must work on my dof and portrait work in the new year...I did spend far too much time on Flickr and will need to cut back my hours and not post every day!!
thanks for all your visits in this past year Kev...much appreciated;-))
Soleil is me. 43 months ago | reply
Bravo!; greeting from Bangkok:)
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Pinja Nikki 43 months ago | reply
great pic !
Señor Jaime [deleted] 43 months ago | reply
great shot
Saaty Photography 43 months ago | reply
This is really interesting.
universal76 43 months ago | reply
Fantastic shot
sciencesque 43 months ago | reply
right now, my science PhD is interfering with my photography PhD!
+faster+ 42 months ago | reply
This is your new masterpiece. That power in the picture
julien.lico 42 months ago | reply
very nice !
Per Haukeli 42 months ago | reply
Your words are very inspiring. Thank you!
dlemieux 42 months ago | reply
i hope to master the lomo in 2010. got it about a month ago and my first roll of shots was pretty blurry...i can't seem to figure out the focus. not yet anyway....
this is amazing!
:-)
Rozanne Hakala 42 months ago | reply
I've got miles and miles to go. But it's the journey that counts. I love having flickr friends like you who give me new insights and things to think about. This is a fantastic image my friend... soooo beautiful!
T E L E S K E T C H 42 months ago | reply
wow!
TatiChic 42 months ago | reply
This is one of the most INCREDIBLE shots I've ever seen<33 I'm jealous! haha ^-^ Just kidding! Ur oozing with talent!!
CasualSummer 42 months ago | reply
so magic!
daniel-jones 41 months ago | reply
this is cool :]
congratulations on explore.
dethstar 41 months ago | reply
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blablablablablablalblablbabla [deleted] 40 months ago | reply
beautiful shot