10,000 hours behind a camera make you an expert?
DSRay wrote:
hghlndr6 wrote: Quantifying it like that is meaningless. After producing 10,000 crap images, you'd be an expert at producing crap.
Yeah that about covers it.
I have known some people that have been shooting as long as I have. that still do not know a thing about getting a decent image. They shot with Instamatics, and Paranoid cameras, and now use phones, or a P&S in mindless mode all the time. I have been shooting since the 60s, and so have they, I bet they have every bit of 20K in hours of shooting. Me on the other hand I cannot even begin to guess how many hours I have.
garyrhook wrote: Cartier-Bresson is credited with saying, "your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."
Add a couple of zeros to that for the digital version. 
garyrhook wrote:
Wyrick Photography wrote: Who keeps track of their hours like this? I sure the heck don't.
One way to look at it:
A 40 hour work week, 50 weeks per year (2 weeks of holiday) comes out to 2000 hours per year. Multiply by 5 years and you've reached 10,000. Just think of it in terms of 5 years of full-time work. Does that make you an expert by dint of time? Not necessarily, but it the potential is there its certainly an opportunity to improve.
Depends on how much time you waste on the internet.
garyrhook wrote:
Stealthy Ninja wrote: Depends on how much time you waste on the internet.
Well, duh.That goes without saying.
Man, my proofreading skills are lacking. I fixed my OP but your quote still has my errors. How annoying.
That's OK. I don't know how to read.
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