You write because you have an idea in your mind that feels so genuine, so important, so true. And yet, by the time this idea passes through the different filters of your mind, and into your hand, and onto the page or computer screen—it becomes distorted, and it’s been diminished. The writing you end up with is an approximation, if you’re lucky, of whatever it was you really wanted to say.
— Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner
Just substitute photograph for write and photo for writing and it sums up perfectly how I usually feel. I’m willing to bet how a lot of us feel about our work.