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

[stef]

titli, keep in mind he posted in the “Am I a fauxtographer?” forum. He was directly asking other shooters what they thought. This forum has taken on the life of a fairly harsh critique forum, but is not driven out of harshness, but lack of face-to-face hesitation (and sometimes lack of manners, but that’s another issue).

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.