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Repetition makes a master!


So, don't think a good photogarphy requires any such thing as "natural or born with talent" ;-)

EDIT: Or at least not only... For some people things are still easier to figure out, and some may have to repeat a lot to get it. And then there are of course physical limitations that may do things almost impossible. One can not see what one shoots if being blind. Although, there are ways to cope ;-)


Blackpool from doreymccall on Vimeo.

Somewhat a Nokia phone advertisement but Gary Waite is a good example of someone who started photography only years after he became blind.

7 comments

Stormlizard said:

That applies to the nurses that are supposed to be making me well. LOL
5 years ago

Valfal said:

Fantastic video, Sami! Practice makes perfect!
5 years ago

Pam J said:

I dont entirely agree. There IS such a thing as natural talent in most things. Yes.. practice can improve things greatly but there does need to be some talent there to begin with.

Brains can be rewired.. but the rewiring does not make a guarantee of making the circuit complete !
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Pam J:

I don't agree entirely either. There are for example undeniable evidence of prodigy among children who possible can not have gained their skills only by practicing. Moreover, some people just have either better or worse senses (hearing etc.) than average.

I once knew a guy who had a perfect pitch. He was able to play guitar well, but the too perfect hearing was a curse for him. He had to stop playing guitar almost every 5 minutes because the strings lost the pitch while played.

Science often tries to go extremes when trying to explain behavior of living things. At one point almost all was seen genetic. And then came a "fashion" to explain everything as learned behavior. Presumably it is more like 50/50. Half can be explained with genetics and physiology, and the other half with repetition and learning.
5 years ago

Clickity Click said:

Well that was certainly inspirational, thanks for sharing Sami.
5 years ago

Andy Rodker said:

Definitely food for thought!
I am reminded of golfer Gary Player's oft-used quote: 'The more I practice, the luckier I get!'
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Andy Rodker:

That is so true as well! =D

Enough pictures and there must be at least few lucky shots, even among Henry Cartier Bresson's first 10 000 images.
5 years ago