What are you good at?

[Doug Nelson]

Without equivocation, caveat, or winking, what are you good at?

[Florin]

You're very stright, man Let's see what the people will confess...
Me, mostly old & broken stuff, I'm some kind of "Dr. mess" always must repair or make art from damaged pics. 99,9% of my clients seem to like what I'm doing and this is a great point for me, worths more than money. I'm also training more in the skin and textures retouch using the frequencies separations, this helps me sometimes even with the broken photos. I like a lot the free creative design but I have only few time for this.

[chet webley]

I would say that I'm probably good at knowing what I need to work harder at... which is mostly everything! Thanks to sites like this, I am improving though

[4personnen]

I'd say: (in no particular order)
gathering relevant information, Interacting with people, cutting a circle or straight line with a X-acto , liquifying/warping, reconstructing...

I need more and more practicing on Dodge and Burn and it will save my life

[DannyRaphael]

Communication in general (written, face-to-face, phone), 'reading people,' organization / planning / time management / setting priorities, organzing / leading meetings, project management, Internet research (Bing, Google aided), creativity, thinking outside the box, cost effective (lowest price, best shipping rates) internet shopping (including eBay), public speaking, developing / teaching classes, defensive driving, photography skills (in general), Photoshop (in general) and specificially just about anything related to Photoshop actions, using Excel for things like budgeting / financial planning and forecasting...

4personnen: Google "Tony Kuyper" for some very useful info on Luminosity masking theory/techniques. This enables one to utilize "mask controlled" D & B. Very helpful to me. Maybe for you too. Search RP on this topic too.

[Vernon]

Hm. Relevant to the site, photo-manipulation (mostly for entertainment). Compositing; Repair, and to an extent, enhancement of images.

Elsewhere, writing, creative story-telling.

[4personnen]

@Danny

I know Tony Kuyper but haven't had the will/time to explore everything about it... I miss the "vista" in those things, it requires me a tedious amount of work.
Thanks for that anyway...

[lkroll]

Maybe I was told once or twice that I was good for nothing Doug. lol

[Mike]

Well I was very good at processing black and white film (both by hand a by machine) and spent years doing reproductions of continuous tone photographs using film.

Made the jump to digital which kind of sent 40 years of experience to the scrap heap.

Change happens!

[TopiToo]

Red and Green Thai Curry's,
Prawn tom yam soup,

well TBH anything with chillies.

Oh sorry wrong answer

[Kraellin]

define "good", doug i'm fair at a lot of things. i am a good singer. i can repair most anything that can go wrong in a house. i've been told once or twice that i could go pro at photography and i do take some good pics at times. i love photo art. i've done some good photo restorations at times. i make a mean spaghetti (not that ketchupy stuff you find in most restuarants) and i've made my living in both home repair and home landscaping/yard care. i play a good 12 string guitar (the guitar is good, not me ). i play a little piano and i've even taken up piano tuning (we'll not talk at length on that one yet. you wouldnt believe how complex that one can get). i take care of four houses and 500 acres of land and cut my own firewood. i've restored furniture, built my own computers and repaired them (sometimes ), and i can wash dishes and do laundry i can drive most anything with wheels or treads and i've even flown a helicopter (for about 5 seconds ) it's amazing what you can say in a resume' at times ). oh, and i've also made filters for photoshop and other graphic editors that can use .8bf files. i'm pretty good with paint shop pro but only semi-familiar with photoshop.

lol. this sounds more like a history of things i've done rather than what i'm truly good at. oh, and arent all males good at sex? (sorry, you can edit that last one out if you want )

[plugsnpixels]

Yeah Craig, but what CAN you do-?

[Doug Nelson]

No need for anyone to define good, except yourself. What can you do that you yourself think of as good without reservation? That's kind of the point of the question.

My question was inspired by this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY

[Kraellin]

Yeah Craig, but what CAN you do-?

not a damn thing as good as i want