Comments on: Not good enough

By: Ginger

Ginger — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:40:02 +0000

Thanks everyone for your supportive comments! It does help, strangely, to know that other folks feel the same way occasionally.

@Cabe, I hope you don’t feel like I’m upset with you or your challenges–if anything, I feel lucky that you have a site where you’re willing to showcase newcomers and pros together!

I don’t have any plans to pull my images, or to stop shooting, but I will come back to all your words when I’m struggling with whether I think any of my work is good enough to submit to something, or post on my blog. The whole point is to learn and grow right?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:49:49 +0000

You put into words exactly what I was trying to express in my blog post, where I was freaking out about Exposaroonie. And I laugh, because I look at your pictures and tend to start to curl in a ball because mine will never compare with yours! What you wrote is 100% true: "I feel like the only way I’m going to keep growing is if I acknowledge that no, my stuff isn’t very good. It’s not. And that’s ok. I need to learn more, shoot more, try more before I get to good.......I have to be ok with that, and keep shooting or I’ll never get there." So lets help each other and work with each other! Sarah´s last blog post..The One Where I Ask You To Pick A Picture

By: mary elizabeth

mary elizabeth — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:31:28 +0000

Ginger! Hi — I’ve been admiring your photos on the DFP the last few weeks and I want to tell you, I definitely know how you feel. Photography is such a wonderful thing, I love to spend time looking at others work… Mostly doing that inspires me, but sometimes it just makes me so depressed!

It comes with the terms in this business. I have doubts all. the. time.

But — this last year has been an incredible one for me. I set a goal at the end of last December to take pictures all the time. I orignally set out to take at least one picture a day… a few months into it I couldn’t quite keep up with that, but I was shooting anything + everything I could when I had time. The more and more you shoot, the better you get. And I can attest to that. If you look at my photos from earlier this year, to my photos now… you can see the difference.

Keep your head up, your pictures really are beautiful. I really have enjoyed getting to know you a little bit better through your work (and your blog!). And remember, we all go through the doubts, it’s only natural! But don’t doubt yourself because you really are so extremely talented!!

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:52:31 +0000

Who says these pictures are no good? Think of all the artists who make CRAP for a living and get famous for it! Angela´s last blog post..Ten On Tuesday, 11/18/08

By: Cabe

Cabe — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:51:50 +0000

Oh Ginger I'm so sorry. You know what's funny? I HONESTLY have the exact same feeling. I'm not kidding. I have the SAME thoughts of "Why on earth am I posting my pictures on a daily basis when there are so many talented people who post BETTER pictures than mine ON MY OWN WEBSITE???!!!!!!!"" I mean I do this part-time. Not even part time! I do this when I have an hour in-between when I'm awake and my new baby is sleeping! Please don't worry about this Ginger. The point of my photo challenges is so that I (and I hope others) can learn from each other's different perspectives. I've also learned that if you don't place yourself out there you will never grow. When you place yourself out there you can't but help to get these feelings. Point is that I get these feelings all the time and it's my own site. I love your photo's ginger, you and I have the exact same style of shooting. It's all about composition and you understand that. Cabe Cabe´s last blog post..Wait Wait!! One more…