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thom polimeros , Jun 28, 2014; 10:24 a.m. sock puppet Cyber bully.

<p>Noreen and Lex,</p> <p>Thanks for your insightful comments!</p>

<p><em><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=541403">John Seaman</a> <a href="/member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub10plus.gif" alt="" /><img title="Frequent poster" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/1roll.gif" alt="" /></a>, Jun 27, 2014; 04:49 p.m.</em></p> <p><em>Jimbo you cannot possibly expect to get any kind of informed help or advice without showing us some examples of your work. If you are doing photography for fun, try and enjoy what you are doing instead of beating yourself up about your approach. Anyway that's how I see it, from what you have said.</em><br> <em><br /></em>I appreciate your sentiment but others have chimed in. I prefer to remain anonymous. I understand your position though and if you feel you cant answer this question without seeing my photos I will understand:<br> "So I have been reading a lot of things about what makes a "true" or "great" artistic nature photographer (or even a photographer) that say I should be visualizing in my minds eye what a photo should be before taking a shot and then trying to make that a reality in my photography. Problem is I don't seem to be good at visualizing anything. I normally go to a location find a beautiful subject and look for beautiful artistic surroundings to photograph it in. I usually apply some kind of depth of field trick or some technical camera trick to make the photo stand out or excel."</p>

<p><strong><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=1110391">E. J.</a>, Jun 27, 2014; 02:58 p.m.</strong></p> <p><strong>The issue for you is when do you form that image. I usually have a shooting plan before I go to a location. But like all plans, they tend to fall apart the minute you stop making them. As long as you have that image in mind before you trip the shutter, you are still visualizing the shot.</strong></p> <p>I have a plan on what I want to shoot and roughly how Id like the subject to be photographed (ie clean background, specific perch sometimes). However mostly I find a subject and I look for a beautiful pattern or background to photo it on, while I am at the location. Most of what I photo is insects, mixed with fungi, plants, patterns.</p>

<p><strong><em>"<a href="/photodb/user?user_id=6502147">Leszek Vogt</a> <a href="/member-status-icons"><img title="Frequent poster" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/1roll.gif" alt="" /></a>, Jun 27, 2014; 02:57 p.m.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>We have no idea how great or terrible of an image maker you are. Why not show few of your images or a link to your website....and we might tell you what we think.</em></strong><br> <strong><em>Les"</em></strong><br> <br />That is not what I am asking for. I am not asking for you to judge my photography. I am asking if how I execute my photos is what keeps me from growing:<br> <br />Jimbo Wrote:<br> So I have been reading a lot of things about what makes a "true" or "great" artistic nature photographer (or even a photographer) that say I should be visualizing in my minds eye what a photo should be before taking a shot and then trying to make that a reality in my photography. Problem is I don't seem to be good at visualizing anything. I normally go to a location find a beautiful subject and look for beautiful artistic surroundings to photograph it in. I usually apply some kind of depth of field trick or some technical camera trick to make the photo excel.</p>

<p>In the spirit of wanting to push my nature photography even further I have been deeply meditating and thinking about what to do next.<br> So I have been reading a lot of things about what makes a "true" or "great" artistic nature photographer (or even a photographer) that say I should be visualizing in my minds eye what a photo should be before taking a shot and then trying to make that a reality in my photography. Problem is I don't seem to be good at visualizing anything. I normally go to a location find a beautiful subject and look for beautiful artistic surroundings to photograph it in. I usually apply some kind of depth of field trick or some technical camera trick to make the photo excel.<br> Here is the thing I have been photographing seriously since 2007 and earlier with film but I would call that more like a week interest and not really in depth enough.<br> I have always been interested in drawing and nature so have been kind of an artistic fellow for most of my life.<br> <br />I have been told by a professional and others that my work is so good that I should do workshops, etc however I just don't believe that my work is that good. I think because I don't apply the a fore mentioned technique I will always be a mediocre photographer. :/<br> <br />What do you think?</p>