Photography 101
State street in Chicago, Illinois.
I think that all of us find things that we like to do and some of us find things that we love to do and sometimes in those things we find others that do the same thing and sometimes mimic them in order to get more likes on social media or even be taken seriously in the craft that we chose. I was or am one of those people who feel like my work doesn’t stand up to others but I also learned that the work that I produce is mine and only mine because I am the only me. I always found myself comparing myself to others and feeling like I wasn’t good enough or that I needed to do more in order to be successful a photographer. I found out that it was doubt and my mind playing tricks with me and I learned a few things that worked for me.
grab a camera.
Go out and shoot what you like and what touches you and brings you joy.
Go home and edit your photo.
or don’t edit your photo.
Raw images are dope too.
Go out and do it over and over again.
You will find that you will get better, see things differently every time you go out and you will also learn your own style and what you love about photography. Eventually you will post that photo on social media and you will get at least one person to become your fan and that will build and build until you have a massive following of like-minded individuals who too are being authentically themselves and doing things that they love. I found this to work for me and I hope that it can do the same for anyone reading this. You ARE enough, you are valuable and your photos are cool. Yes lots of people do this, some may be scholars at it but you will get there and you will kill it too but remember be you and don’t try to be like everyone else.
