So sorry for the dreadful pronunciation of mojo which doesn’t even make sense in Spanish. I hang my head. All the best to you too sir. Thank you for your comment, hugely appreciated 👍
i love this video, it’s so inspiring and i love your picture style, im a concert photographer and have been dealing with some issues of confidence in my photos because my sensor got damaged with a laser and I haven’t been able to pay the fix, I just get blocked because i think the pictures are bad, but i have tried to find ways around it and people think it’s kind of my style anyway, just the video game confidence to try more and see how can i work with my camera
Woah, concert photography … that’s impressive but also ouch! I’m sorry re the damage... that truly sucks. It’s interesting you mention picture style as I’m not sure you notice it in your own work easily. Can people tell you what your style is? I think that’s impressive if you’ve got it despite the sensor damage. I wish you a positive 2024 … good luck 🤞
I tried a "project" this past year that was all about more waterfall photography. I did manage to shoot three different falls but I was hoping to shoot more. I think I'm too old to set goals and start projects, I lose my mojo trying to meet and complete them. Photography is supposed to be fun, and so for 2024 my "goal" and "project" is to make it more fun!
😊 fair play. I think my idea of a project is to just make me look about as opposed to sitting on one comp for sometimes over an hour and stubbornly ignoring other possibilities ‘just Incase’ . No idea if it will work or if I’ll remember to do it! Have a positive start to 2024. 🎉
Ali, you have fantastic things you focus on. Your photography evolves enormously because you put yourself out there big time and take far more photographic risks than me. My goal 5… be more Ali! 😂 Happy new year lovely and I’ll see you sometime in 2024 x
My first visit to your channel. I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your honesty. I found this video helpful. I am going to watch it again and take notes for this coming year. Your pictures look lovely and beyond my present reach but within my imagining that I might be able to approach, with practice!
Well hello there Jonathan, welcome and a happy new year to you. I think practice and making mistakes is so important. By my goodness is it difficult and at times blooming disheartening! Just keep going and try to hone in on improving a couple of things (or getting your head around them) as opposed to scatter gunning. I wish you every success and I’ll see you next year on here! 👍
Hey Louise, you got it back...I am glad you included people in the image(s) at the end of the video, as it lends a sense of scale to the size of the trees. I look forward to your adventures next year (tomorrow, LOL!)
Oh I know what you mean. It did involve me running around like a nutter to get in the first shot but we got there eventually. I have shots without but they really were lacking something. Happy new year and I’ll see you on the other side 😂
Your “mojo” shot at the end was amazing! I saw joy, wonder and reverence in it. This is the first of your videos I’ve ever seen but it won’t be the last as I just subscribed! 😎👍
Ahhh Richie, thank you so much on both counts. I confess to feeling really relieved when I was there. And… well, welcome 🙏. I hope you have a positive start to the new year and I hope to see you on the other side 😊👍
Best wishes on your 2024 goals, Louise! I have two goals: (1) be far more mindful of the shot before tripping the shutter; and, (2) complete one photo idea per month from my list of shots that I want to try. Yes, I do keep a list.
Good luck! Projects help keep me focused (sorry!). I find projects evolve as they go along, sometimes into more interesting projects than originally planned. I've been making zines lately, they are inexpensive and a great way to put projects or collections in print rather than sitting hidden on my hard drive. I also am in the process of printing and framing my work and displaying them in our home.
Nick, I get the evolution of projects. The video I have for 2 weeks time is on light and it wasn’t intended as a project but I just found a muse and boom 💥 it just happened. I’d love to know what you consider the project that moved you on the most to be. Happy new year to you also.
Happy New Year! I'm a 76 year old Vietnam Veteran. In 2016 we moved to a small rural town in Central Illinois. I proposed to our local American Legion that I would put a book together with portraits of local veterans of all ages. The project started out with just a B&W portrait and a short 1 or 2 line bio of the veteran. After a few sessions I realized my portrait project was now going to have to include at least a one page bio on the vet which was out of my comfort zone. I ended up having 52 veterans in the book. The legion paid the publishing costs, each vet received a free hardcover copy. I donated all my time and work. I'm proud to say a copy is in our local library and one at our local high school library. The project was published in 2018 and unfortunately 13 of the 52 veterans have passed on. This tribute to these fine men and women has been greatly appreciated by their families who many never had a formal portrait of their loved ones. @@louisewelcomephotography Due to my numerous photo projects (zines) and local FaceBook group posting I have more friends just living in this town of 5,500 in 7 years than 35 years in our previous home with a population of 56,000. Photography has helped me make a connection with my local community.
Ugh, goal setting - was always something I dreaded doing at work. But I do see how it is beneficial. I have a hard time getting up and out the door these days but I am hoping to change that this year. I've been waiting for some snow but we've had a wet mild season so far
I confess to being a watcher of conditions big time. We have had wet and windy or blanket grey for some time. I hope you do eventually get your snow Susan. Here’s to a few interesting shooting days in 2024. Happy new year.
I just found this video presentation and I LOVED IT! it’s New Years Eve and couldn’t have discovered a better way to gain inspiration for 2024. I’m an amateur photographer and in need of the same advice you’ve given yourself. Many thanks from Arizona, USA & HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Crikey Timothy, .I think you have made my 2024 and we are only 3 hours in over here 😂. Welcome 🙏 I’m amateur too and I need lots of advice. I look forward to seeing you in 2024 and thank you for taking the time to leave feedback. Happy new year to you sir. 🎉
Thing is, almost no one sees my photography.... not even my family. So, its not easy to really find a reason to get out and take pictures. Kathy gave me a book for Christmas. It's a "Fifty Week challenge" book. So, I am hoping to keep it going... looking for that one shot each week. ( I like your "three shot" approach" ). Maybe I'll do three shots and pick one for the book. I guess in eight or ten weeks I will know how it's going and if it will help me with this photography adventure that I started sixty years ago.
Ah Mark is that because you choose not to share it? If not, I’d be interested or can help you put yourself out there through a few groups. Nigel, my husband, has said the same but I add some of his shots to my vids as they are genuinely of interest. Now, one shot per week is a tall order in my book. I have spells when I get nowt and then boom 💥… a lot happens. Be flexible and also look behind. 60 years ago… respect sir 🙏. Wishing you a positive 2024 😊
My wife started nagging me to print my best photos as she said "you spend all your time on your computer looking at them and we never see them!" And she was right! She got me a voucher for a couple of huge prints on canvas at a local photographers which got me started and now I have invested in a proper printer - it's really motivating!
Cheers Rob… now to actually fulfill those goals. 🤞 I’ve put it out there now so… pressure 😂. Happy new year to you sir. Thank you for your support this year👍
Nobody can be inspired 365 days a year, take a rest, don't worry about it. Going to lots of new places in 2024, that will help. The Fanal Forest was a 100% failure for me in 2020, couldn't see the back of my hand, let alone the trees - need to be there for 10 more days, I'm guessing.
Ohhhh I love that you say, I’ll just have to go back, that’s exactly what I do and I break it to my husband ohhhhhh soooooo gently 😂. Fresh perspective it probably what’s needed, you have a point. Here’s to that for us both. 🤞
@@louisewelcomephotography My wife was glad that she went along with my whim - Madeira was just about the only place you could fly to in 2020, quick covid test upon landing, then off - My choice of Norway last year worked well too! No rain for two weeks in Skye - She was happy, but I wanted drama - Always remember that Photographers have built-in High Expectations which rarely come to fruition, but when they do WHOOPEE!!!!!
@@hjones451 ohhhhh Norway! 🇳🇴 Big time photo envy! Controlling expectations is so difficult though especially if you do your research… or rather too much of it!
Nice… as long as it’s not during. I may give that a go Cecil. That’s more about energy though, it’s inspiration that I sometimes lack. Have a positive start to 2024 👍
Thanks for another poignant video …! As the old adage does …. “You only learn from your own mistakes - and not from other people’s!” However, I’ve found that you need to be hyper-critical with your images! Can everyone manage this? Sadly, there are too many photographers, I’ve come across in my travels to various camera clubs, as a Guest Speaker - would only entertain ‘Likes’! Indeed, as you say ….. only way to get your ‘Mojo’ back is …… Get out and keep practicing what you do best! Take more images - good, bad, mediocre or diabolical! As long as you’re ’out there’ and making images! But most importantly …. “Keep snapping and have Fun!”
@@HJ-nh1wl well said! It’s often interesting when you are tremendously happy with an image and it’s in your top few for the year and then you don’t see it for a while and perspective hits … it’s become a good ish and perhaps even meh image! Part of that is because skills and tastes develop but time is such a leveller. Letting go of your darlings isn’t easy though, particularly when they may represent a huge leap forward for your practice. Thanks for your feedback… good to talk 😉😁
Thank you for your time, your encouragement and the Spanish insert! All the best for you for 2024 and your visual craft.
So sorry for the dreadful pronunciation of mojo which doesn’t even make sense in Spanish. I hang my head. All the best to you too sir. Thank you for your comment, hugely appreciated 👍
Good luck with your goals. New year blessings.
Ahhh Roy, thank you sir. Happy new year to you and yours. See you on the other side. 😊
i love this video, it’s so inspiring and i love your picture style, im a concert photographer and have been dealing with some issues of confidence in my photos because my sensor got damaged with a laser and I haven’t been able to pay the fix, I just get blocked because i think the pictures are bad, but i have tried to find ways around it and people think it’s kind of my style
anyway, just the video game confidence to try more and see how can i work with my camera
Woah, concert photography … that’s impressive but also ouch! I’m sorry re the damage... that truly sucks. It’s interesting you mention picture style as I’m not sure you notice it in your own work easily. Can people tell you what your style is? I think that’s impressive if you’ve got it despite the sensor damage. I wish you a positive 2024 … good luck 🤞
Thank you. All the best in 2024 to you too 😊
I tried a "project" this past year that was all about more waterfall photography. I did manage to shoot three different falls but I was hoping to shoot more. I think I'm too old to set goals and start projects, I lose my mojo trying to meet and complete them. Photography is supposed to be fun, and so for 2024 my "goal" and "project" is to make it more fun!
😊 fair play. I think my idea of a project is to just make me look about as opposed to sitting on one comp for sometimes over an hour and stubbornly ignoring other possibilities ‘just Incase’ . No idea if it will work or if I’ll remember to do it! Have a positive start to 2024. 🎉
@@louisewelcomephotography Wishing you the best in 2024. I’ll be seeing you here throughout the new year. 💜
@@TC_Conner right back atcha TC 👍
@@louisewelcomephotography 💜💜
Great advice - now all I need to do is follow it! ;-)
Ali, you have fantastic things you focus on. Your photography evolves enormously because you put yourself out there big time and take far more photographic risks than me. My goal 5… be more Ali! 😂 Happy new year lovely and I’ll see you sometime in 2024 x
You will love Donegal , Mailin head is a great spot to base near . Be sure to walk the cliff trail at Malin head out to the Devils hole, incredible
Ohhh thank you so much. I have booked the ferry for Easter and a very excited for my first visit. Thank you 🙏
Your last mono shot was keeper. I would put that above your other two print shots. Fantastic separation, composition, contrast and form.
I’ll take that! I’m going to look again. Thanks for the fresh eyes and happy new year to you… when it arrives 👍
My first visit to your channel. I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your honesty. I found this video helpful. I am going to watch it again and take notes for this coming year. Your pictures look lovely and beyond my present reach but within my imagining that I might be able to approach, with practice!
Well hello there Jonathan, welcome and a happy new year to you. I think practice and making mistakes is so important. By my goodness is it difficult and at times blooming disheartening! Just keep going and try to hone in on improving a couple of things (or getting your head around them) as opposed to scatter gunning. I wish you every success and I’ll see you next year on here! 👍
Hey Louise, you got it back...I am glad you included people in the image(s) at the end of the video, as it lends a sense of scale to the size of the trees. I look forward to your adventures next year (tomorrow, LOL!)
Oh I know what you mean. It did involve me running around like a nutter to get in the first shot but we got there eventually. I have shots without but they really were lacking something. Happy new year and I’ll see you on the other side 😂
Your “mojo” shot at the end was amazing!
I saw joy, wonder and reverence in it.
This is the first of your videos I’ve ever seen but it won’t be the last as I just subscribed! 😎👍
Ahhh Richie, thank you so much on both counts. I confess to feeling really relieved when I was there. And… well, welcome 🙏. I hope you have a positive start to the new year and I hope to see you on the other side 😊👍
Best wishes on your 2024 goals, Louise! I have two goals: (1) be far more mindful of the shot before tripping the shutter; and, (2) complete one photo idea per month from my list of shots that I want to try. Yes, I do keep a list.
Ohhh good goals. I like the second and may well carry that idea forward to next year. Good luck and I hope 2024 is productive and mindful for you. 😊
Good luck, thanks for sharing.
Thank you Alan. 👍
Good luck! Projects help keep me focused (sorry!). I find projects evolve as they go along, sometimes into more interesting projects than originally planned. I've been making zines lately, they are inexpensive and a great way to put projects or collections in print rather than sitting hidden on my hard drive. I also am in the process of printing and framing my work and displaying them in our home.
Nick, I get the evolution of projects. The video I have for 2 weeks time is on light and it wasn’t intended as a project but I just found a muse and boom 💥 it just happened. I’d love to know what you consider the project that moved you on the most to be. Happy new year to you also.
Happy New Year! I'm a 76 year old Vietnam Veteran. In 2016 we moved to a small rural town in Central Illinois. I proposed to our local American Legion that I would put a book together with portraits of local veterans of all ages. The project started out with just a B&W portrait and a short 1 or 2 line bio of the veteran. After a few sessions I realized my portrait project was now going to have to include at least a one page bio on the vet which was out of my comfort zone. I ended up having 52 veterans in the book. The legion paid the publishing costs, each vet received a free hardcover copy. I donated all my time and work. I'm proud to say a copy is in our local library and one at our local high school library. The project was published in 2018 and unfortunately 13 of the 52 veterans have passed on. This tribute to these fine men and women has been greatly appreciated by their families who many never had a formal portrait of their loved ones. @@louisewelcomephotography Due to my numerous photo projects (zines) and local FaceBook group posting I have more friends just living in this town of 5,500 in 7 years than 35 years in our previous home with a population of 56,000. Photography has helped me make a connection with my local community.
Awesome video Louise, and some helpful advice to kick off the new year. Happy New Year, see you when the sun shows itself at sunrise/sunset :-)
Cheers Ben. You end comments with Nige make me laugh enormously! See you on the other side and thank you so much for the inspiration this year 👍
Such cool photos.
Thank you Dan. Appreciated 👍
I enjoyed that, thanks Louise!
You are most welcome Alan. Happy new year to you sir. 😊
@@louisewelcomephotography happy new year to you too!
Ugh, goal setting - was always something I dreaded doing at work. But I do see how it is beneficial. I have a hard time getting up and out the door these days but I am hoping to change that this year. I've been waiting for some snow but we've had a wet mild season so far
I confess to being a watcher of conditions big time. We have had wet and windy or blanket grey for some time. I hope you do eventually get your snow Susan. Here’s to a few interesting shooting days in 2024. Happy new year.
I just found this video presentation and I LOVED IT! it’s New Years Eve and couldn’t have discovered a better way to gain inspiration for 2024. I’m an amateur photographer and in need of the same advice you’ve given yourself. Many thanks from Arizona, USA & HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Crikey Timothy, .I think you have made my 2024 and we are only 3 hours in over here 😂. Welcome 🙏 I’m amateur too and I need lots of advice. I look forward to seeing you in 2024 and thank you for taking the time to leave feedback. Happy new year to you sir. 🎉
Great vid!!! thankyou
You are most welcome. Thank you for the feedback Brendan. Have a good new year 😊
Thing is, almost no one sees my photography.... not even my family. So, its not easy to really find a reason to get out and take pictures. Kathy gave me a book for Christmas. It's a "Fifty Week challenge" book. So, I am hoping to keep it going... looking for that one shot each week. ( I like your "three shot" approach" ). Maybe I'll do three shots and pick one for the book. I guess in eight or ten weeks I will know how it's going and if it will help me with this photography adventure that I started sixty years ago.
Ah Mark is that because you choose not to share it? If not, I’d be interested or can help you put yourself out there through a few groups. Nigel, my husband, has said the same but I add some of his shots to my vids as they are genuinely of interest. Now, one shot per week is a tall order in my book. I have spells when I get nowt and then boom 💥… a lot happens. Be flexible and also look behind. 60 years ago… respect sir 🙏. Wishing you a positive 2024 😊
My wife started nagging me to print my best photos as she said "you spend all your time on your computer looking at them and we never see them!" And she was right! She got me a voucher for a couple of huge prints on canvas at a local photographers which got me started and now I have invested in a proper printer - it's really motivating!
@@alandargie9358 what a great wife 👍👍
I’d love to know how you get on Mark.
Nice one Louise, great goals to have keep it up
Cheers Rob… now to actually fulfill those goals. 🤞 I’ve put it out there now so… pressure 😂. Happy new year to you sir. Thank you for your support this year👍
Nice video 🙂👍
Hey, thank you. That means a lot. Happy new year Stig. 👍
Nobody can be inspired 365 days a year, take a rest, don't worry about it. Going to lots of new places in 2024, that will help. The Fanal Forest was a 100% failure for me in 2020, couldn't see the back of my hand, let alone the trees - need to be there for 10 more days, I'm guessing.
Ohhhh I love that you say, I’ll just have to go back, that’s exactly what I do and I break it to my husband ohhhhhh soooooo gently 😂. Fresh perspective it probably what’s needed, you have a point. Here’s to that for us both. 🤞
@@louisewelcomephotography My wife was glad that she went along with my whim - Madeira was just about the only place you could fly to in 2020, quick covid test upon landing, then off - My choice of Norway last year worked well too! No rain for two weeks in Skye - She was happy, but I wanted drama - Always remember that Photographers have built-in High Expectations which rarely come to fruition, but when they do WHOOPEE!!!!!
@@hjones451 ohhhhh Norway! 🇳🇴 Big time photo envy! Controlling expectations is so difficult though especially if you do your research… or rather too much of it!
if you want to get your mojo back quickly take a power nap before you start pushing buttons.
Nice… as long as it’s not during. I may give that a go Cecil. That’s more about energy though, it’s inspiration that I sometimes lack. Have a positive start to 2024 👍
@@louisewelcomephotography it works with game design and writing. It resets the brain so you really are looking at the problem with fresh eyes.
@@cecilsharps that’s logical. I’m going to give that a try. Thank you 👍
Thanks for another poignant video …!
As the old adage does …. “You only learn from your own mistakes - and not from other people’s!”
However, I’ve found that you need to be hyper-critical with your images! Can everyone manage this?
Sadly, there are too many photographers, I’ve come across in my travels to various camera clubs, as a Guest Speaker - would only entertain ‘Likes’!
Indeed, as you say ….. only way to get your ‘Mojo’ back is …… Get out and keep practicing what you do best! Take more images - good, bad, mediocre or diabolical! As long as you’re ’out there’ and making images!
But most importantly …. “Keep snapping and have Fun!”
@@HJ-nh1wl well said!
It’s often interesting when you are tremendously happy with an image and it’s in your top few for the year and then you don’t see it for a while and perspective hits … it’s become a good ish and perhaps even meh image! Part of that is because skills and tastes develop but time is such a leveller. Letting go of your darlings isn’t easy though, particularly when they may represent a huge leap forward for your practice.
Thanks for your feedback… good to talk 😉😁