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Hey,
This weekend, once again going through the archives (since 2010, I've accumulated over 30,000 photos) I came upon some pretty old portraits.
And asked myself a rather difficult question -

have I grown as a portrait photographer since those times?

I've shot countless of them in the time that I've been really into photography, and in general now I plan to keep shooting (yep, this is the thousandth time I've written about it).

So here's the basic idea. I sat and compared how I was photographing in 2010 and how I'm photographing now, in 2023. I'm not taking the technical part into account. Let's be honest, my current camera is 13 years ahead of my first camera in technology, comparing a Nikon Z7II to a Canon 450D, that's a stretch. On the other hand, an unsophisticated viewer on instagram won't notice the difference in what it was shot with, even if it's the latest iPhone

The main other thing, the question for me now is whether it has become more artistic in terms of development in that direction. I see the difference in processing, I see the sloppy framing and staging, I see how it could have been re-shot and made much more interesting. You can probably say the same thing about my portraits now. Someone who has been shooting longer and longer than I have (or is closer to portrait photography than I am) might say - dude, you screw up here and there. You can do even better here

The other part of me, says it used to be better and easier to shoot. It was easier to arrange a shoot, easier to get together for it. It doesn't work now

That's where the old grandpa grouch comes in. Just kidding. Or maybe not

As one of my friends said about my current state, the main thing is that you like the result and you are satisfied with yourself. subjectively, it is probably impossible to come up with anything new in portrait photography, or I have not yet passed the stage where I can shoot like this


Or just forget about it and shoot what seems to be the most optimal plan

See ya, and good luck with everything!

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