Self Evaluation

So I think I learned a lot this year in photo, not just about the technical stuff. I think I started looking at things differently, and looking at everything. I also starting seeing that although the first few ways to shoot something might not work, you can still find a great image there somewhere. I think I learned a few more creative and not obvious ways of looking at things. I also learned that if you start shooting something that you think with fail and not turn into anything, if you keep shooting it and keeping an open mind, a picture will come. The problem is when you just keep shooting the same thing the same way. You won't get anywhere with that. I was willing to shoot ways I didn't think would work, but either they worked or they gave me an idea for something else, no matter what, something good came out if it. Its hard to make yourself take the time though and look at previous shots and see how you could focus differently, or change the light or angle because there are so many factors. But sometimes changing one thing will fix another. I mean some things you just won't get a good picture out of, period. But many others the picture is there, you just have to hunt for it. And I think I started doing that and although I didn't reshoot much, while I was shooting I was looking back and changing things and thinking before I just clicked the button several times. And that really worked for me. I think the next thing for me will me to start shooting more scenes and less close-ups, which I think I will try to work on in film. But I loved digital and this whole term and a half. Thanks Slade!