Love of what you do creates momentum and a willingness to spend more time and effort working harder to be the best in your chosen field. This motivation to be better at something is your calling in life. This calling challenges you to improve your skills and raise your standards as you mature in your chosen profession.
Photography does this for me. I just can't help myself, I must make images. When I am shooting, I feel complete. I am in tune with my environment and I am experiencing my subject on a personal level.
There is a freedom, a letting go of your past influences, being present in the now and creating images that can be a real high. Searching for a subject can bring a nervous energy, this increases your heart rate and brings with it an anticipation of something special, as you zero in on your composition. You begin to lose those petty distractions, those mundane rituals of life that chain us to the details that mean nothing but redundant images of dull commonality. We see the subject in a true sense when we experience our inner world externalized in front of us.
When you are ready to make your photograph, stop and think whether you have looked at your subject on a deeper level, more conceptually. This pause can gain you better insight into your subject that could make a big difference in the quality of the final image, rather than just the literal composition you might have started with. For instance, you might see an image forming that is a metaphor for your feelings. This new composition could connect to a wider audience. Subject is found, ideas are earned and willed into existence and a deeper meaning is gained by your image creation.
I have never taken a perfect image. I always see something in the final image that I could improve upon. This is good, because it makes me focus harder and see deeper into why I chose this composition over another. Why did I choose this lens under this light? Why didn't I wait just a few minutes longer as the light got better to show my subject? All these reflections will prepare me next time to be aware and present to take advantage of my past mistakes and show my new subject in a better composition that will give my intent a more expressive image.
With every image you create, you will get better at spotting important details in the scene that might have been missed before. These opportunities could enhance the final image with a stronger purpose. Through trial and error you will become a more perceptive photographer, your compositions will show similarities that begin to define you and your unique creative tendencies.
What is your definition of success in photography? I suppose success in photography could mean just making a few pennies on your images every month, or it could mean mucho bucks, working with a big production studio, pumping out typical imagery researched as marketable and sellable. However, success for me is enjoying the moment and being present and focusing on my subject and working for an image I can be proud of even if no one will ever see my photograph. I am happy creating and being passionate about my image creations.
Photography does this for me. I just can't help myself, I must make images. When I am shooting, I feel complete. I am in tune with my environment and I am experiencing my subject on a personal level.
There is a freedom, a letting go of your past influences, being present in the now and creating images that can be a real high. Searching for a subject can bring a nervous energy, this increases your heart rate and brings with it an anticipation of something special, as you zero in on your composition. You begin to lose those petty distractions, those mundane rituals of life that chain us to the details that mean nothing but redundant images of dull commonality. We see the subject in a true sense when we experience our inner world externalized in front of us.
When you are ready to make your photograph, stop and think whether you have looked at your subject on a deeper level, more conceptually. This pause can gain you better insight into your subject that could make a big difference in the quality of the final image, rather than just the literal composition you might have started with. For instance, you might see an image forming that is a metaphor for your feelings. This new composition could connect to a wider audience. Subject is found, ideas are earned and willed into existence and a deeper meaning is gained by your image creation.
I have never taken a perfect image. I always see something in the final image that I could improve upon. This is good, because it makes me focus harder and see deeper into why I chose this composition over another. Why did I choose this lens under this light? Why didn't I wait just a few minutes longer as the light got better to show my subject? All these reflections will prepare me next time to be aware and present to take advantage of my past mistakes and show my new subject in a better composition that will give my intent a more expressive image.
With every image you create, you will get better at spotting important details in the scene that might have been missed before. These opportunities could enhance the final image with a stronger purpose. Through trial and error you will become a more perceptive photographer, your compositions will show similarities that begin to define you and your unique creative tendencies.
What is your definition of success in photography? I suppose success in photography could mean just making a few pennies on your images every month, or it could mean mucho bucks, working with a big production studio, pumping out typical imagery researched as marketable and sellable. However, success for me is enjoying the moment and being present and focusing on my subject and working for an image I can be proud of even if no one will ever see my photograph. I am happy creating and being passionate about my image creations.
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