I hear you too. Sometimes I feel like I haven't learned a thing when I have a bad shoot. I had 2 I was disappointed in this week. I had to go look at some previous shoots keep from giving all my gear away!

It's the same with art, I think the better we get, the higher we raise the bar and what used to blow our own socks off, now looks disappointingly mediocre.

I remember at major art shows I'd visit long ago I'd be jaw droppingly amazed at some of the top art there. I would stand for hours in front of gorgeous paintings and study them, I couldn't imagine how they did that. Now I see the same art and I don't give it a second look. Sort of sad in a way that it takes more and more to get that buzz of excitement...I suppose one day nothing will generate that level of awe inspiring inspiration. But it's also a chart of our own growth.

Moral is...you've just gotten too darn good Jim!!!