A regular blog I frequent, This Week in Photography, has a recent post that has some really great advice. In the post, titled "Improve Your Images", Scott Bourne relays that a colleague he used to know (and who critiques photos for a living) once told him to study 10,000 photos before he came back to her.

This is a mantra I subscribe to as well. I try to study as many photos as I can, mostly online at sites like photo.net and fredmiranda.com. I take time to look for the little things I like and dislike about each image. As Scott mentions, the more you can learn and apply to your photography, the more improvement you will see over time.

And really the take home is this - you can never stop learning - regardless how many years you've been shooting.