Reply To: I'd like your opinion on my life decisions

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I wouldn’t take the opinions above as gospel. What are they saying exactly? that you need to work on your photography and because of that you are a “fauxtographer?” I think you should follow your own heart and if it is a subject passionate to your heart go after it. I am not a “photographer” but i like your photos. They have feeling and they are presented in an interesting and intimate way. Keep in mind that you are not shooting to impress other photographers. Who is your target audience? Do you need other people to approve your art? Does the fact that at this moment in time you don’t have the same technical skills as them mean that you cannot aquire those skills.Go after your dreams and stop apologising for it.There will always be critics. You need to take your vision and put it out there and to hell with critics. learn your craft and improve on it, don’t settle for second best. And…find the time. OH..and don’t accept that stupid tag. You are not a fauxtographer. You are a person who has picked up a camera and found a way to express your vision, and I would say in a tasteful and interesting way. How many brilliant artists in history have been criticized for their work? Its a good thing that they didn’t listen and just kept going. I don’t think anyone would get anywhere if we didn’t start by first picking up a camera and being passionate, I think you have artistic talent and a good eye, the technical knowledge you can pick up as you continue to fire off those shots and strive to better yourself. I like black and white.