I've often taken pictures and thought I liked them, or took pictures for "me" that I wouldn't show people because that kind of thing had never been well received.
Then Teh Interwebz came along. I started putting my photos over at Webshots to share with family and friends I left in the US when I moved to NZ. I'd get some feedback occassionally, but again wouldn't usually put those "special" photos up that I really liked.
I joined LJ, started making virtual friends, started linking them to photos. People started commenting. I put up some of my "special" photos and found that some people liked them! They didn't think I was strange or weird for taking them, didn't get bored with them.
Their comments, heck just knowing someone might look at them, has inspired me to try to continuously improve and to keep taking pictures. I think it's the same for writers and other artists. You need that feedback to know that you aren't alone, that someone else does appreciate it.
And maybe one day both of us will be able to make decent money and survive off our creative endeavours.
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Date: 2009-08-09 06:44 am (UTC)Then Teh Interwebz came along. I started putting my photos over at Webshots to share with family and friends I left in the US when I moved to NZ. I'd get some feedback occassionally, but again wouldn't usually put those "special" photos up that I really liked.
I joined LJ, started making virtual friends, started linking them to photos. People started commenting. I put up some of my "special" photos and found that some people liked them! They didn't think I was strange or weird for taking them, didn't get bored with them.
Their comments, heck just knowing someone might look at them, has inspired me to try to continuously improve and to keep taking pictures. I think it's the same for writers and other artists. You need that feedback to know that you aren't alone, that someone else does appreciate it.
And maybe one day both of us will be able to make decent money and survive off our creative endeavours.