Photography has been a hobby of mine since 1997. I am now primarily concerned with producing good images, but in the earlier years I mostly tested lenses, compared camera features and pixel-peeped digital images. In 2005 and 2006 I took a few photography courses at the local community college and noticed that although I knew much more about photographic technology than my peers, some of them consistently produced better images. Mine were sharp, well exposed and had no lens distortion, but theirs were nonetheless more interesting. 
I decided to improve my photographs by training my ability to see. I got books about composition and color theory. I read, watched and occasionally wrote photo critiques at various Internet sites. I started looking at books and magazines concentrating on the art and philosophy of photography. I got familiar with the work of various photographers from all walks of life.
In July, 2007 I started this blog and in a six-month period I reviewed all my images, deleted more than half of them and cataloged and rated the rest. I started noticing many interesting shapes and patterns all around me and I started going back to places in order to photograph them. Without noticing it, I’d started shooting more often and with greater attention to composition and details. And I hadn’t visited DPreview.com for months! 
In the meantime I have a few images that I’m proud of, so I’ve started building portfolios and updating my web gallery. I’ve even printed a couple of images, framed them and hung them at home and in my office.
I’ll keep writing this blog as my quest for better images continues, and I hope to get feedback and fresh ideas from you, my readers.
Bojidar
11 December, 2007
Hamburg, Germany
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On Dec 10, 2007 I changed the content of this page. Here is the old text:
“I love photography and I’ve been photographing seriously since 1997. I can easily take a well focused photograph with a clear theme and with proper exposure, but my images rarely create an emotional response in the viewer. If you ask me to show you my greatest photos, I’d be able to show 10, maybe 15 — but that’s it — from over 20 GB of images on my hard drive!
The problem is definitely not lack of equipment or lack of understanding of the technical concepts. I know all about aperture, shutter-speed, depth-of-field, metadata, color spaces, profiles, shooting RAW, exposing to the right and so on. I have an excellent DSLR, a couple of high-quality lenses, flash, tripod — the whole lot. So I guess, I am the weakest link in the chain — as a photographer taking the image and as a photographer using Photoshop.
Maybe I’m setting my goals too high, but I don’t think so.
I’ve set up this blog for two reasons. On the one hand it’s a record of my photographic path — a modern-day photographic diary for myself. On the other hand I hope to get feedback, answers and fresh ideas from you, my readers.
So come along, follow me on my quest to improve my images and help me become an artist.
06 July, 2007″
Hi,
i am from Brazil and I was really impressed by the pictures you have been taking.
I have the same passion for photo as you, although I am really far far away from the technique you have, but I am starting my blog too (which started as a travel blog, but I am improving it to photo blog in general).
Congratulations for your work and, if you have some time to spare, please take a look at my http://www.ricbrand.blogspot.com/.
Yours,
Ricardo