- Never carry your camera around. Make excuses that it is heavy, too obvious, etc.
- Imagine, and be influenced, by the feedback, that you are a professional
- Compare yourselves with the work that others do
- Take feedback so seriously that you become someone you are not (and end up doing work that you don’t want to)
- Forget, why you used to love photography, in the first place
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el numero cuatro is so true, I hope I never get to a place where my photos are just what people want to see and not a reflection of who I am
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Hello 831P, Welcome to Gaizabonts! I am glad this resonates!
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Too true.
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🙂
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I’m the one always making excuses for not carrying my camera. 🙂
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Well, I thought of it too, and others have agreed – so there are many of ‘us’ 🙂
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Not guilty of #1, #2, and #5. But guilty of #3 and #4. I think comparison to the others is required as long as it helps you define your own style. But not more. One curious thing I have seen is that people literally stare (not look) at me when I take a picture on the street. Maybe it’s a mindset or maybe I am new to the field, and therefore yet to get used to this. It’s very disconcerting. So one more point can be added: ‘Be shy of taking out your camera at the right time and miss the photo opportunity.’
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The #6 you talk is already a part of #1 – making excuses! 🙂
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LOL! I don’t know what to say!
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