[pure-silver] Self Critiism (WAS Is anyone out there???)
- From: Speedy <speedgraphic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 13:50:07 +0000
I had an interesting experience last night.
Actually, it is not unique. I have experienced this before.
I guess it has probably been two years since I actually mounted and framed
anything. I have been shooting and printing away. I usually take a few
prints out and show them to friends and the aggregate of my production
lands in a pile. As of this writing that pile is 4+ inches high and includes
mostly 8x10 and 11x14 prints. In addition to that have a shelf in my
darkroom with prints residing in re-cycled paper boxes...
A past customer called and wanted to purchase two more prints
in a series I did a few years ago. He and his wife wanted to see
what else I had before deciding on which prints to buy.
SO I had to go digging find the prints they wanted to see. I knew they
had to be there somewhere. I started with the most recent stack as
I knew I had printed some of that series in the past year or so in
anticipation of possible sales. After shuffling through the stack I
proceeded to look through the boxes of prints on the shelf below.
As I went through all of the stacks of prints I kept coming upon
items that made me exclaim to myself " WOW! I USED to be a
pretty good photographer!"
After having typed the above I should say that usually when I print
I get what I think are OK prints. The truth is that I am my own
worst critic. After leaving a print alone for a period of time and
then coming back to it I can appreciate it. I know that I am no
worse of a photographer now than I was at any time in the past.
It is just that I need fresh eyes to appreciate my own work.
How do you overcome being "your own worst critic?"
Speedy
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