>>3344611FIRST OF ALL, that photo was taken on film, so it's automatically fine art.
>>3344617This is exactly my point. Don't skip over that pic of your grandma's bush because it won't get liked on Instagram. It's okay to take photos for yourself.
>>3344700I'm not saying don't push yourself. I'm saying that this is supposed to be fun. You can spend years hammering away all your flaws until everything you create is perfect, but what's the point if you don't get to enjoy it?
Even the Great Masters need to just doodle sometimes.
>>3344718I've gotten some helpful critiques here too, but there's a lot of cynicism and negativity too. That's why there are always more gear threads than photo threads here. I sometimes get too caught up in how an idea will be received, instead of how fun it would be to try to execute that idea. I imagine a lot of other people here do the same.
