Have you ever suffered from this? How did you overcome this?
I took a trip down to the canal near me, here ducks seem to hang around all the time. It's a nice open area and the area of water is wide, before it narrows again a short distance ahead. Nobody was about and it was nice and quiet.
I managed to get in to some different locations to try different shots but that's pretty much as far I got. Soon after I started snapping photos, two guys turned up with the fishing poles. They came over to the area I was using and started casting a line. This made the ducks fly away and move a little further up. I had my daughter in her pram and girlfriend with me and we'd have had to leave the area and backtrack to get back on the other side of the canal. So we ended up calling it a day and heading home.
I'm learning photography and watching a lot of videos from Mike Browne, who makes it sound and look easy. Part of me today felt like I was putting myself centre of attention and I would be watched and judged by everyone around me or passing. Then I also felt a struggle to find composition for any of the photos. I've spent many hours watching most of Mike's videos on the subject and felt I was getting an understanding but clearly not. Was this just down to my nerves and not focusing on the full potential round me?
I took a trip down to the canal near me, here ducks seem to hang around all the time. It's a nice open area and the area of water is wide, before it narrows again a short distance ahead. Nobody was about and it was nice and quiet.
I managed to get in to some different locations to try different shots but that's pretty much as far I got. Soon after I started snapping photos, two guys turned up with the fishing poles. They came over to the area I was using and started casting a line. This made the ducks fly away and move a little further up. I had my daughter in her pram and girlfriend with me and we'd have had to leave the area and backtrack to get back on the other side of the canal. So we ended up calling it a day and heading home.
I'm learning photography and watching a lot of videos from Mike Browne, who makes it sound and look easy. Part of me today felt like I was putting myself centre of attention and I would be watched and judged by everyone around me or passing. Then I also felt a struggle to find composition for any of the photos. I've spent many hours watching most of Mike's videos on the subject and felt I was getting an understanding but clearly not. Was this just down to my nerves and not focusing on the full potential round me?