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18-06-11, 07:00 PM
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If you ever struggle, read this...


Saw this yesterday, and the words really hit home, and it's so true, every time, I hit another stage in my photography, it's one step forward, and two steps back, but when you come out the other side, you are a little better than you were before

Hope it's of some help, to anybody, who might be having a bad photography moment


     
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18-06-11, 07:03 PM
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Re: If you ever struggle, read this...

Excellent find Moonie - wholeheartedly agree

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Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.
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18-06-11, 07:44 PM
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Re: If you ever struggle, read this...

Thanks for translating too x


     
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18-06-11, 09:18 PM
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Thanks Suzi - that's wonderful <3 Really inspirational!

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18-06-11, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Moonstone View Post

Saw this yesterday, and the words really hit home, and it's so true, every time, I hit another stage in my photography, it's one step forward, and two steps back, but when you come out the other side, you are a little better than you were before

Hope it's of some help, to anybody, who might be having a bad photography moment
Ah so that's the blank moments i'm having, i wondered where they had come from

this is very good
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