Peter, I usually do not show my images to anyone. Though there are friends who do occasionally view them. The photo clerks see them more than others do. And there is one former lurker here who has seen most of my work. I also see all that she shoots with her Pentax gear...
That being said, I usually do not cull my shots. They see them all and I think them to be junk snapshots. I am amazed at the amount that see me as a very good photographer. I still need to take some time and start going back and composing a portfolio of my 'better' shots in different themes and see just where I sit at that point. I never throw out an image - except for errant shots that are out of focus, or where the camera has malfunctioned. I have at least four images that have been enlarged by other people and some that I have been told I need to put up on my walls. Currently within view of me on my walls are shots from Uxmal, Mexico; New Orleans, Louisiana; Nothern coast of Honduras, a b&w shot of the captain's table on a ship, and at sunset taken from a helicopter over the Albermarle Sound in North Carolina... Cesar Panama City, Florida -----Original Message----- From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 1:27 PM Possibly discarded is a bad word to use since I don't think that I've actually thrown away any slide or negative that I've ever made. I don't show others the obvious failures. In fact I seldom show what I consider bad composition. Due to that I've managed to gain a reputation among those who know me of being a very good photographer, I know better of course... Cesar Matamoros II wrote: >I must disagree to some extent. > >In terms of the showing of images, yes we can be our worst critics. But >that is more along the lines of getting rid of everything since we find >fault in just about everything of ours (generally speaking). > >When it comes to family/friends photos though, nothing should ever be thrown >out. I have come across images shot when I was a kid that though >technically poor still are the only images I have of certain people. That >alone is reason enough to keep them. > >But I do not see why the bad must be discarded. I have read often enough >here of people going back to shots and seeing something that makes it worth >keeping that was not noted upon first review... > >Cesar >Panama City, Florida > >-----Original Message----- >From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:35 PM > >That's just the point Shel, I understand this all too well. I seldom >make photographs of >close friends/family etc.,since I cannot emotionally divorce myself, the >shots all look terrible >after the fact. A good photographer learns to discard the bad and keep >the good. That's >the most difficult thing to do. But it must be done. > >Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > >>Totally disagree ... most photographers are not good editors >>of their own work. Often they have too much emotion >>involved in their photographs. >> >>shel >> >>"Peter J. Alling" wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Be your own editor. >>> >>>Shel Belinkoff wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi Frank ... I guess that's a version of F8 and be there >>>>;-)) >>>> >>>>But what might the second rule be?
