12 Month Anniversary

Yesterday was the 12 month anniversary of starting my photoblog - Learning 2 See - an attempt at posting one image per week day, in some sort of thematic grouping.

What it's shown me is that producing quality shots on a regular basis is really difficult. It's an incredible time sink. To succeed, you need to be scheduling photo shoots on a regular basis, and being prepared to take enough shots to throw away 90% of them. In my attempt to keep the commitment of a shot per weekday, I've had to use quite a few shots that I'm not happy with - whether it be the composition, or the technical execution that has failed - just so I could have something to post. But out of the 218 or so shots posted so far, there's some captures that I think have worked.

So has it been worthwhile?

Absolutely!

I've learnt a lot, and I think I'm a better photographer today than what I was 12 months ago. But as per usual with any field of endeavour, the more you learn, the more you realise how much you don't know. I've got a long way to go, but I'm glad about the journey so far.

photos | 23 Sep 2009 | #