There will be many mistakes and many triumphs that follow when you choose to pursue your passion. You might feel like you’ll never figure out your style… …or feel feel inferior if you use your bathroom light because you can’t figure out how to turn on the fancy one… …or you may give up on lighting completely and take a chance on the midday sun… …you might create your first big print and only then realize all of the editing…
All my life people have asked me if I am a leader or if I am a follower. Undoubtedly you have been asked, or have pondered, the same thing. I used to think I was definitely, 100% a follower. I was afraid to lead people, after all. My shyness always got the better of me. I preferred to be in my head than in a social situation. Everything pointed me in the direction of simply being more comfortable following someone…
When your voice finds a visual flow you tend to love all that you create, whether that love lasts or not. Visual flow is another name for having style, assuming that style is something that you worked for out of personal desire. Flow, in any context, refers to the feeling you get when you are completely immersed in a feeling or activity. I recently watched a documentary about this and read part of a book while waiting to catch a…
A few weeks ago I said I would do a Question and Answer video blog as part of my Promoting Passion series, and here it is! Well, part one, anyway. I decided to leave out the more technical questions for this version, but will be posting a part two eventually. I tried to pick out the most frequently asked questions and the ones I found to be really interesting, too. What’s your biggest regret in your photography? Worrying too much…
Love of anything can replace fear, anger and sadness. This is a lesson I am constantly learning and understanding in many different ways, whether it be through something as serious as death or as silly as losing an image file. I tend to be very disorganized, something I am working on, but still continues to be an issue. I like to think of it as my overactive imagination taking hold and forcing me to do creative things instead of responsible…