> I've been cleaning house, and keep finding negatives from the past. I came
> to those same realizations - my percentage of "non-sucky' photos has gone
> wayyyyy up since I went digital and really started to pay attention and
> practice.
I think my percentage of good pictures has gone way down, but I have
that delete button on the camera that allows me to destroy the
evidence immediately.
The other thing to keep in mind is that these rolls of film were from
my early years of "trying to find my voice". There is a lot of poking
and prodding going on seeing what works and doesn't work. Plenty of
rookie mistakes. But also plenty of pictures that were NECESSARY to
take in order to become an acceptable photographer today. You have to
take pictures of stupid, mundane things in order to learn how to take
pictures of something important.
This is not to say that everything is garbage. Far from it. But
finding the images that are standing the test of time is interesting.
I'm currently in the middle of a roll of Reala that is of something
that no longer exists. The historical significance far outweighs the
crooked horizons which can be fixed in Lightroom. With a little bit of
judicial editing, some of these have stock value.
AG Schnozz
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