Has you photographic judgement changed over the years? How?

[PhotographyBuff]

I am just preparing a new Facebook album from photos I had taken during a trip. I had prepared an album from photos selected from the same trip, soon after the trip. But this time, three years after the trip, I am choosing ones I hadn't posted. And I am realizing that I had passed over many photos which were really good. So I think that our photographic artistic judgement of the moment might not be decisively reliable. Photos we might think at one moment in time to be essentially worthless, might in fact years later, with the benefit of perspective, be judged to be actually great.

 

[simonblue]

Agree my friend a writer and she also come across a lot of her writing,from a few years ago that she didn't like and think i like that now

 

[munch]

Difficult one, I am more critical of my photographs than I ever was. But as most of my photographs have been of family and friends and places we have gone I still keep them, look at them, but just try not to analyse them.

 

[big soft moose]

its more likely that photos we currently think are great will become less great with hindsight and developing experience

 

[RichardTaylor]

Whilst I feel my photography has improved over the years, I don't have any illusions about my photographs. However some of my older photographs (from the 1960's) may appeal to some viewers mainly becuse of the subject matter.
Quite frankly most of my older photographs are just slightly better than snapshots (sometimes).

Example of an old one that appeals to some motor sport fans.
Shot in July 1970 and shows this car in its original state before it crashed (during this meeting) and was rebuilt and looked very different.

Shot using transparency film woith an SLR and long lens (this pic of the slide was shot using a P&S digital camera)

Fank Matich 12 July 1970 by dicktay2000, on Flickr

Example #2 - Similar subject shoot 43 years later (jun 2013) - I think my photography has improved. What will people think of this in 40 years time, who knows?


First race of the day by dicktay2000, on Flickr

 

[dinners]

I think as time passes and you gain in experience and ability, you start to have a different opinion of your past work.

I dug some old recordings out recently that I played guitar on. At the time I thought the standard of playing wasn't too bad but now (from a technical point of view) I can hear all sorts wrong with it.

It's not just ability though - over time I'm sure (as with music) our photographic tastes evolve or change completely.

 

[magicaxeman]

I'm much more self critical and have a much better developed vision of what I want to achieve with each shot before I shoot it.