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Oh, if I could sing like Pavarotti. Well, I do sound better in the shower.
I think the ability to be a good photographer is an illusion. Because the camera does everything technically for you fools you into thinking that you're an artist, that you become one of the few of special ability. But being able to "see" and not just "look" separates the inspirational photographers from the rest of us.
I find that for things I am truly interested in, I'm willing to put in the time and give the attention needed, to learn.
Interesting replies so far, but I still think that with regard to any skill, practice, practice and more practice will reward more than a so called god given gift.
cliveh, it always requires practice and work, but the "gift" determines how far you can get when you do the work.
My friend Leon Olguin explained an artist's continuum, where on the left side of the scale of talent you have beginners, on the right you have the masters. Along the scale are all people in-between.
In music you have to accept the child prodigy exists, thus there is a god-given talent. But most who achieve mastery get there by hard work.
Let me put it this way... Do YOU feel like you'll never be able to make it because of some limitation within yourself?
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