I enjoy photography. Mostly I enjoy the process, the science, the engineering and the mechanics of it. I also enjoy the constraints of both the camera and the subject. I often ask, what can I make with this situation? I have this lens (or my phone), this much light, am standing this far away...what can I achieve to make this worth looking at again? I enjoy this workflow. I do it with intent. And sometimes, I enjoy the results.
As an amateur photographer I take a lot of pictures. (no selfies). I've taken a lot of pictures since I was in the sixth grade. Back then, it was film only, which was a great teacher. But, with the advent of digital cameras including those in our pocket, it's even easier to add to the library. But this hasn't made me a better photographer. It's just changed the ratio. Back when I shot with film, I would take a photo worth sharing about one out of a hundred times. Now, it's about one out of a thousand. Sometimes, I get lucky and get two or three. What makes me a good photographer is the regimen of noticing and capturing, the process, the work with purpose and the continuous flow of learning and adapting. But most of all, what makes me a better than average photographer are the hundreds of thousands of bad photos I've taken...because this means I do the work despite the outcome. And, it's this experience, this body of work I point to when people ask, how do you do that?
Show us all of your bad work.
Some of my good, and perhaps bad, results can be found here.