Learning to create more original and aesthetically pleasing images

I have spent the first half of my life* doing conventional stuff like going to school (maths and more maths), becoming a computer programmer, starting a business, then another, and another, and in general having fun doing things I was fairly good at

Instead of doing more of the same; now it’s the time for something different

I have been taking photography seriously, as a hobby, for about 4 or 5 years.  I have acceptable left-brain skills of camera handling, following the basic rules of composition, and am a black-belt at photoshop.  My technically competent photos sometimes win competitions at my local camera club (SPPC), but I want to do more

The purpose of this blog is to record my journey learning to create more original and aesthetically pleasing images.  I hope the blog is interesting to other people, and I would really appreciate comments and suggestions as I go forward, formally documenting 10,000 hours of photography

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Objectives of the Blog

1. Purely self-indulgent goal of enjoying my photography and becoming the best I can be
2. Sharing what I learn along the way with people who might be interested
3. Testing the theory that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice can make an expert

I’m not starting from nowhere, but trust me, I have no innate talent or aesthetic sensitivity

* I am over 50 but have good genetics and an irrepressibly optimistic personality!