So i’ve been using Red Bubble for about a week now, regularly logging in and having a browse around and have uploaded some of my stuff too.
It was only today when i received an email with a job opportunity at Red Bubble that was based in Melbourne Australia that i realised that that’s where this site originates. And that’s why many of it’s users are out taking the most amazing photos of glorious sunsets and breath-taking landscapes.
Which leave me thinking, ‘how am i ever going to take pictures that match up to these guys?’. I live in the UK, in a small town about 50 miles north of London, we have little to no interesting or amazing scenery, a few hills and fields upon fields of crops. I feel cheated that just as i’ve started to invest in some better equipment (Nikon D40 – i know it’s hardly top of the range but i’m on a budget) and have found this wonderful outlet for my stuff (RedBubble) i’ve come to realise that i don’t have any locales to inspire me, damn you Hertfordshire!!!
I know there’s more to photography than landscape but when i see the amazing stuff on here it makes me want to emulate it, but i feel i can’t when the most interesting landscape near me is the bloody golf course. sigh
zee1
I feel out of my depth all the time on here and then I think as long as I enjoyed making something that is the main thing. I
As for landscapes i live in OZ and I still don’t upload landscapes etc. because I don’t feel confident in that stuff. My favs for that stuff include flambjob and he gets up at the crack of dawn to get his shots so I am never going to be that dedicated.
Also photoshop makes a huge difference. I only have the cheap one called photoshop elements but you can really take you pics further. Then of course you could come across to the “truely drakside” and make digital art from photos with that package.
I don’t like infleuencing Jedi’s as I usually hold that talk with Ninja’s but just snap away and then take it that step further. Some of the best shots tell a story of where you are and a golf course might just be fabulous. :)))))) In my favs I don’t have many if any landscapes but i have a lot of photos that are of ordinary things and the person has a unique take on it.
You have some cool images grass etc. and even a golf course could look magnific with the right happy snapper behind the lense.
Have fun Dark Knight :)))
dozzie
Thanks for your support Zee – maybe i’m just using geography as an excuse for being a bit lazy and uninspired at the moment eh?
Angela McConnell
i had a bad patch a couple of weeks back – where i felt so underwhelmed by the photos i was producing and so intimidated by all the awesome work on this site and i live in melbourne and have very little excuse not to get out and check the fabulous places here to photograph.
quite often i see photos on here of stuff you would never think of taking a photo of like spoons or tonight i have seen a series on water.
dont give up, you will inspire someone else with something you might think is insignificant…
good luck !!
dozzie
Thanks Angela – i think that’s the key, just not to give up, even if i am uninspired there’s not reason to stop taking photos and eventually something will turn out well or get my creative juices flowing :)