DEAR KEN, In the past, when I shot an image that I thought would be popular or sell I found that it wasn't very good and didn't sell. Since then I only shoot what motivates or moves me emotionally. Some don't sell but most do. It isn't a new concept in art that, the more deeply you get in touch with what you, personally, love while making your photographs, the more universal will be the appeal of the results. CHEERS! BOB -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Hough Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:34 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Self Critiism Come on chill !! How do you overcome being "your own worst critic?" Speedy It must be years since I replied to one of these posts and you "Speedy" get this years reply. Who are you shooting for? The ethereal "customer" who collects your work because they like it? Or You? Personally I like every finished, matted print I've ever made. I carefully conceived the print, shot it, printed it, Matte and framed them. Are there shots that were dull and lifeless. You bet and I avoid shooting during the time of day they occurred. I had a hell of a time transitioning from 8x0 negs to 11x14 and then 14x17. Just could not get the composition correct. Then it all got dialed in and things are fine. But there are two sides to this. The sellable popular image and what you like. Try shooting more of what you like and chill a bit. My personal subjects are large mechanical antiques that still work. Like steam ships and trains and Iron works, power plants etc... My customer images are "nature scenes". Ken Ken Hough Photographic Repair Service Specializing in the Complete restoration of Deardorff View Cameras Est 1982 www.deardorffcameras.0catch.com 219 462 0281 --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090512-0, 05/12/2009 Tested on: 5/12/2009 2:34:31 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ============================================================================ ================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4068 (20090512) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.