Wanting to be the best I can be.

Well, when I started, I found myself touching up this, smoothing out that, changing colors here and there on my images. Why? Not because it was hiding something (I send those to the trash bin unless they are snapshots) but because I thought that's what people wanted. I was becoming a wannabe. I was putting aside my vision and molding myself into a "cookie cutter" of  what I thought other people wanted. So I had to step back and say why? Why am I doing this? All these colors (which don't get me wrong are very cool and have the effect of making an artistic statement) but is that really how you want to remember you kids 20 years from now when you look back at that photo or do you want to remember the color of their clothes, how blue their eyes were in the light, how pretty their hair was. I want to remember them in vivid color! So I set about learning how to take a good image and I barley even touch them up anymore. I do black and white too especially if it's a close up I feel like b&w is a glimpse into a person's soul and when used in the correct image makes a powerful statement but now it's overused. I offer these options, I let the image "speak" to me  but in the camera first. I want to be the best I can be! I want people to look at my work and  say wow! What a shot! Not wow what editing. I want to sell without selling out. Thanks for reading!