Looking back at my first wedding stint, I realise my photography skillz have totally gone out the window. Not that I do worse now but I think.. I did really well that time. When I had no knowledge of so many “more advanced things” my photography was “like that” and now after a year and learning and shooting for so much longer it hasn’t improved and its still “like that”. That’s terrible! I conclude it must have been a few things:
- The “novel equipment” effect
- where new and better equipment give you new perspective and
- gives you the ability to get shots you didn’t manage before (I never really used a dslr much before this at all)
- The “steeped in wedding photography” effect
- looking at joho’s photos (a wedding photographer) everyday eventually caused me to produce similar work
- getting into the “wedding photog mode” also helps alot
So thats what I think it is. Now that I’ve picked up something new, I think the “novel equipment” effect is quite strong but I’m just not under pressure to perform that why I still produce point and shoot photos. Doing Benny’s wedding didn’t really do it for me.. felt my photos were blah actually. Possibly also cos I was always in a terrible spot that I couldn’t get anything anyway.
I need some jobs as a main photographer to kinda push me into the “mode” again, where I have the space and thick skinned rights to move around and stick lenses into people’s face because I’m the “official photographer” instead of having to wait around for the right angles to come to me.
Hmmm. I’m hoping that some jobs comes really soon as I actively search for them. Maybe its what I need and maybe its not (considering other things in my life) but whatever happens my God knows best.