Rusting, Skill Not Put In Use

It had been a long while since last I did some stage photography, the thing that I like most among the object of photography. Come to think about it, a LONG while indeed.

That's my thought when I went through, selecting and deleting the hundreds of shots I took on two consecutive event that I photographed. My thought was that my photos look so ordinary that any person with a similar gears would have taken them. That idea really hurt my pride, you know.

But what can I say? I thought I got skills to do stage photography but now I doubt that I even have it in the first place, seeing all the photos I took. A lot of them are missed focus because I point the focusing bracket at the wrong subject. A lot of them are blurred because I had the inappropriate shutter speed. A lot of them are not properly exposed because I set the exposure compensation wrong. And many of them are composed poorly.

I even realize that I used to be active, walking and trying various spots for some shot, constantly moving to get the best shot. But these last two event, I just stand pretty much on the same place and took shots. Even after I reviewed them and I realize they're not even decently good, I stayed on the spot. Which actually was a bad decision.

Now, all I can do is one thing: PRACTICE MORE.

How else can I be responsible to the one type of photography that I like most?

Now, when will another event coming?