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I have never created a piece of art that I like. I never came back to anything I did months later and thought to myself "hey, this is neat".

I can't use my hands to create shit. I can draw geometric shapes. I have nice handwriting. I can play open chords and bar chords on guitar. But that's where my physical skill set ends.

I picked up a camera because my hands are no good. Only to realize that it's probably not my hands, it's my brain. I have little to no visual imagination. I can memorize rules that make photos look more pleasing, but I can not get beyond that in terms of intent with my photos.

Over the last ten years, I resigned to the realization that I can't create anything because I have nothing to say. I have no personality. I have no opinions. I have no stories. Just things I point my camera at.
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Don't be so hard on yourself, anon.
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reminder, the most hated poster on /p/, the biggest autistic (genuine aspergers autistic) gearfag specs theory fag there is, has produced at least 2 good photos despite being one of the three dog fags stuck in gearfaggotry rabbit holes

these niggas are gearfagging 24/7. doghair even owns a medium format digital he bought JUST to post test shots and btfo fool framers. and they still produced some memorable photos. of their dogs.

in fact, doghair produced THREE memorable photos. this, the egg in a bone dress, and his dog watching an eagle. that's 3x more than huscuck (window forest overlay husky) and corgcuck (that time he photographed a womans ass)

maybe your problem is you're literally taking photos of dirt
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>>4495973
Aimless photography is rarely rewarding. My advice would be to work on what you recognize as your weakness. Creativity or vision. It's a muscle like any other and yours is clearly very weak, but it can become strengthened with consistent practice.
You can work on your creativity in a lot of different ways. One way that has worked well for me is to stick with a single subject or object to be your main photographic subject. Pick something you like that is readily accessible and/or always on hand like an egg for example. Work on creating images with your chosen subject instead of just taking pictures of them. You have understanding of photographic principles so use those to guide you. Spend the majority of your time setting up your shot rather than pressing the shutter button.
Don't give up hope bro.

>>4495983
Aside from you saying I've taken some nice pics I think your biggest compliment is that I've somehow outdone the likes of canon, cinefag, and the sony shills to become the most hated poster. Thanks!
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>>4495973
to sum up your efforts: you tried to produce work that others admire instead of what you enjoy
just take erotic photos and tasteful nudes at least your friends won't have to pretend to be interested in your portfolio
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>>4495973
You haven't failed enough yet then. It's like 99% failure 1% genuine success. You have to keep doing it and accept the fact that you may never succeed.
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>>4495983
>the most hated poster on /p/
>sinarfag
Phew!
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>>4495973

The biggest test of if you have creativity is to open notepad and write a one page story.
See the thing with writing is you cannot use any excuse about your gear or needing to buy something.
You also cannot make any excuse about living in a boring place, or just living in a boring era of time.
With writing you can create anything, in any time period. You have zero excuses.

If even with the ultimate freedom to do anything, you cannot even write a one page story or figure what to write about its time to sell your camera and all your photography gear. Creative hobbies are just not for you.
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>>4495998
Is your husky okay? You haven’t posted her in a while
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>>4495989
We like the sony shills here. They’re the only rational posters since they recommend cameras that are just good, small and affordable instead of contrarian memes. Sony is the #1 full frame brand in the world.
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>>4496026
>Sony shill trying to derail another thread.

That's why everyone hates you guys lol
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>>4495973
I'm glad some people are finally understanding that cameras are tools for creating media, and not some funko pop that gives meaning to your life. The cargo cult of consumers who just buy whatever product of the month currently trending YouTubers are shilling and think it's going to give them attention and validation is very sad. Have something to say or show FIRST. You cannot find meaning or get the attention you actually want by randomly taking photos of scenes you encounter on the sidewalk outside your home.
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>>4496030
You make it sound so grand when really it just means.. doing better than taking photos of dirt and brick walls
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>>4495983
>>4496033
Subject has nothing to do with it... as long as you have a good reason for shooting that subject.
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>>4496033
brainlet consumer cope I'm afraid
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>>4496035
Shalom or merci
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>>4496033
This is one of the more retarded takes, I think. There are plenty of photos out there, many on this board right now, that are aesthetically pleasing and completely worthless at the same time. I would go as far as to say that an aesthetically pleasing image is worthless in nine out of ten cases.
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>>4496025
>husky
Not mine, closest I've been to having a husky was looking at buying a Husqvarna 2 stroke. I have no purpose for a dog, maybe I'd have some Cane Corso if I went hog hunting.
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>>4496047
>aesthetically pleasing and completely worthless at the same time.
Oxymoron
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>>4496075
To an art-conscious mind, meaningless aesthetic is about as damaging as heroin to a junkie. It’s not only worthless, it’s a mind killer.
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>>4496047
What are some examples of worthwhile photos?
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>>4496082
NTA, but there's already two good examples in this thread.
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>>4496085
There are no good examples in this thread. A worthwhile photo makes you physically ill when you look at it.
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>>4496086
Well the two photos are of dogs. One is taken on high contrast film and printed in a dark(dork)room. The other is an extremely blurry picture of a dog taken on a digishit camera. Both of those pictures will produce extreme discomfort and/or physical illness in at least some people regularly posting on /p/.
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>>4496089
Yeah extreme discomfort in their pants
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>>4495973
Go to Church, anon
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There is no implicit value to anything. You have to choose the things you value. Your pictures will never have implicit value. Nobody's does. You can choose to value them though, after all you've kept them around for this long. One must imagine sisyphus snapshitting.
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I call my pictures pics because I feel they're mediocre and don't warrant being called photos or photographs
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>>4496287
For me, it's A or B
A is for not bad it tells one or two things.
B is for oh there's some rando and a street lamp.
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>>4496047
>aesthetically pleasing and completely worthless at the same time.
You don't know how humanity have been selecting fresh berries from mold ones.
Aestheticism itself has a function.
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>>4495973
i like the colors in this. what camera did you use?
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>>4496023
writing a purely open choice one page story is dumb and no one has done that since high school
people who want to write already write about what they want and people who don't will be overwhelmed by the openness
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>>4496435

I would suggest putting your camera up for sale as soon as possible.
You sound like the type of person who brings his camera when he walks around the block and takes photos but would be completely overwhelmed if he had to think up something original thing to photograph.
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>>4496030
TRVKE
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>>4496089
I've done plenty even blurrier dog snaps while walking the dog.
Happy nausea and discomfort for conniseurs.
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>>4496445
>conniseurs
My bad, connoisseurs
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>>4496436
Or maybe he doesnt have anything to write that would fit on one page
Maybe, and this is common, he doesnt like prose
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>>4496023
this is probably the basedest /p/ post of all time and its no surprise its barely being acknowledged considering the average quality and tone of posts in this board
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>>4496075
Your intellectual peer is Nicki Minaj, fuck off
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>>4496513
>implying her handlers didn't make her say that to discredit the rational Moon landing skeptics
>implying they won't double down and make her adhere to flat earth bullshit to further latch that retardation to Moon skepticism and further discredit it
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>>4496445
That's a cool picture. I'd print and frame it as ART.
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>>4496512
>>4496030
Yup. Notice all the stupid le ironic dog posting the retarded geeks are trying to do to drown these posts out. It's their ineffectual way to cope with their many wasted years and dollars on the hobby with nothing to show for it.
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>>4496541
Well lets see it then. Show us your le heckin worthwhile photograph mr super serious pants.
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>>4496541
>ITS....DUH DOGS
it's probably not but dogs are definitely more artistic than any leica brand rep jewslop "with something to say" you like
>I PHOTOGRAPHED... UGLY BLACK PEOPLE! I'M "SAYING SOMETHING"!
Ugh.

jews can't make art, they can't define art, they can only make degenerate mockeries of gods creation because they hate Him so they redefine art as a lowly game of charades and make it all about their verbal IQ (the only IQ they have that isn't 1/3-1/2 SD below average), thus the real art becomes the critique of increasingly opaque charades
only aryans can make True Art and in dogCHADS we see this, honoring the beauty of God's creation with deeply sentimental photos
>inb4 but a jew redefined art to include his ugly degenerate shit and another jew appointed him the art expert!
no one cares. go back to epstein island ya freak.
>inb4 a jew got an honorary nonaryan to make ugly jewish "art"
no one cares he can go back to epstein island along with you

jews are ontologically evil and all jewish "philosophy" and "thought" is wrong by default. the sole function of their culture is to redefine evil as good to trick god. from the day a jew can read, he is educated in the talmud, a big book of case law wherein jews of the past sumrise they have successfully tricked god so long as god behaves consistently with what they believe is his word as if it were a modern legal text.
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>>4496543
oooof all that cope. Yep, they got hurt hehe. Sucks to suck I guess?
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>>4496545
What's it like to share tastes and philosphy with epstein and the rothschilds?
>creating beauty?
>no goy, art is about "saying something"
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>>4496543
I think he's just autistic as well. You can tell when an angry poster is autistic because they don't understand or have the capability to understand that sentimental photographs like ones of a beloved dog that only lives for a decade plus or minus a few years have much more value than any picture of a random building corner or people's backs.
Not so much value to other people as a singular photograph, but a wegman-esque series absolutely has potential for greater appeal and value in a general artistic sense if the photos are well taken.

>>4496545
My photos have been posted and referenced in this thread by another anon completely out of the blue. My time and money is not wasted enjoying a hobby I love and taking pictures I think are important to take as best as I can.
There is no cope or anger. Im simply asking to see what you got after such a strangely aggressive and weirdly tone deaf claim.
Reading your post makes me think you probably have some amazing super artistic images you could share to own all the dirty dog posters.
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>>4496541
>twisting people's words into your autistic obsession
>>4496543
>derailing discussion into muh jooz
this is why most of you faggots will remain losers forever, I better leave this shithole while I still can
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>>4496549
You don't find it humorous?
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>>4496547
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>>4496549
oh dear oh dear. so much cope at their little funko hobby being called out. a 12 year old girl with a iphone 7 who has an idea for what she wants to shoot is a better photographer than you lot, stumbling around the side walk taking shot of fences and other inane shit on a "photo walk" lmfao
oh btw? I didn't read any of yours ; )
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Oh it's just a really bad troll. Feels like I've read that exact post before. How boring...
There is at least some unintentional irony in the trolls posts that is amusing. They seem to have a certain determination to be more worthless than even the blurriest dog picture. Kek.
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>>4495973
This is pure depression coping. Art is art, put soul into it and if it doesn't make sense, try again. This is how every artist feels (that isn't a fag), and the mind will always put up road blocks. The way that you seperate yourself from this is to accept that not everything you make will be a success.

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