As my choir director is fond of saying:
"Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect."
After all, if you learn a song wrong, all you know how to do is sing it wrong.
Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
"Daniel J. Mitchell" wrote:
>
> A general photography question -- I've seen many many places recommending
> that the way to improve as a photographer is to take more photos, because
> you only get better with practise. Sure, that makes sense -- but I've also
> seen a lot of recommendations to shoot _fewer_ shots and spend more time
> thinking about each one rather than just rattling off thoughtless snapshots.
>
> Now, obviously these two aren't mutually exclusive, and the ideal situation
> would be to take a lot of well-thought-out shots -- but that's not
> necessarily possible. Given a limited amount of time to spend shooting, is
> it better to spend that time composing one perfect shot, or taking a large
> number of tentative shots and then work out which ones worked best once
> they're printed?
>
> On that subject, does anyone have tips on how to evaluate the shots that
> worked better/worse? I can certainly tell the photos I like from the ones I
> don't like, but _why_ some are better than others is still a bit of a
> mystery to me beyond the most obvious flaws.
>
> (I know most of this is covered by getting books on composition and
> suchlike, and I've stored away recommendations from the archives, but I'm
> wondering what _people's_ opinions are.. And I realise that these are
> probably too general as questions go, but hopefully the basic ideas I'm
> after came across okay)
>
> thanks,
>
> -- dan
>
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