Not putting my brain into gear.

[stardelta]

Hi john, the others have offered lots of good advice, and i don't feel qualified to offer anymore.
But what i will say is i have have seen a lot of your posts, and i think you are selling yourself short. It is clear from what i've seen of your work you have already learned a great deal, and produce some fantastic images, but i admire your hunger to learn more.

[Kris V]

Hi all, I am just sitting here reading the CIC tutorials and reflecting on what I have learnt since taking up Photography. On one hand I feel I have got a reasonable understanding now of the basic principles. However, my problems start when I get out and about, camera in hand; “what’s the problem I here you all say”, my answer “not putting my brain into gear”. For some reason as soon as my camera is out of the bag I seem to forget all I’ve read and all the good advice you guys offer freely on a daily basis. I start with all good intensions and think I’m doing really well, until I get back home look on the computer and find I never achieved any of the goals I had set myself. How do you all stop yourself going ‘mad’ and snapping without thinking; or is it just me? I really want to improve but seem to produce the same old ‘Snap like pictures’ anybody could take. .

Oh boy, Can I ever relate to this! About 1 out of about 20 pictures I take are worth keeping and processing.