Well, maybe that’s too strong a word. “Frustrating” isn’t quite right, either. “Disheartening?” Maybe.
I love taking pictures of Ava, if you hadn’t noticed. But I’m not a great photographer and I don’t have very flexible equipment. So I keep telling myself that comparisons of my shots to shots by people like this isn’t really fair. Yes,they’re professional photographers with years of experience shooting kids. Yes, they use equipment that costs way, way more than my little Canon P&S. And, yes, they clearly spend a lot of time post processing their shots, and I’ve never touched any of Ava’s pictures out of the camera.
It seems like these fancier shots do such a better job of showing off how beautiful and subtle their subjects are. If only everyone else in the world could see Ava the way I see her.