Are your photos bad? Don't give up!
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Many photographers doubt their work and their talent and question if they have any right to be a photographer at all. DON'T GIVE UP! I'm passing along tips on how to change your mindset to become a better, happier, photographer and it's backed by research done by Dr.Carol Dweck.
I read her book, Mindset, and distill her research into tips that can help every photographer become a long-time learner and a lifelong photographer.
Illustrations by Katherine Lynas www.Katherinelynas.com
Inspired by the book Mindset by Dr.Dweck
Video clips of kids from Storyblocks
This is a wonderful talk! I sometimes feel intimidated when trying to find photography tutorials on UA-cam, mainly because so many tutorials are aimed at people intending to become a paid, professional photographer. I, on the other hand, picked up a camera when I had to retire from my profession due to health concerns. I want to learn as much as possible and make the best images I can simply because I love photography and enjoy learning and getting better, not because I hope to be paid for doing so. As a self-learner with my camera, half the fun is learning and trying to improve!
I'm in exactly the same position. I took up photography when I was ten to capture my summer camp experiences on my Kodak Brownie camera with 127 format film. I graduated to a Nikkormat FTn and then an F2 as my children grew up. I even printed color positives from Agfachrome in my basement darkroom. Now after a long pause, wrapping up a forty plus career as a rural pediatrician, and a "medical" retirement, I'm looking to return to my love of still photography and of backpacking, and sometimes combining both. Chelsea, each day I pick up the camera I try to ask myself, "Did I do something at least a little bit better at compose and capture images?" Your videos help inspsire me.
That's what it's all about. If it isn't enjoyable, there's no point. 🙂
This such an incredibly powerful video beyond just photography. I'm going to show this to my little brother, who isn't even interested in photography, because this is a very motivational piece of art that is so well said and can be applied to all aspects of life. Thank you for all that you guys do 🙏🙏
I'm weird. I've been into wildlife photography for 16 or 17 years, have thousands and thousands of photos, but never shown a single one to anyone ever. Yet i'm happy when i'm doing it. I'm highly critical of myself to the point of being a perfectionist, and carry on learning. I just don't seem to need anything to do with the sharing side.
@@HezyTech
If you cannot conceive of enjoying the process of creating without needing external validation that that's *your* problem. See 14:37
@@HezyTech It is rare but ... someone famous which comes to my mind now is Vivian Maier, the street photographer, who never showed her stuff to anyone AFAIK. That got discovered only after her death for the first time.
But admittedly, by today's standards she would have to be counted as a bit mentally disordered, as anecdotes of the ones she was working for in her normal day job (as a nanny) would tell us today.
@@HezyTech That's getting pretty offensive now. A creative doesn't have to share at all. There are actually deep reasons for my history in this, which i don't actually feel like talking about. Especially with how you're carrying on.
@@HezyTech you are attacking and shaming someone because you cannot understand how they enjoy *their* creative process. What you have written is disgusting, insulting and unbelievably offensive.
@@HezyTech You're talking absolute rubbish. No it doesn't have to be shared at all.
I love the whole process, even dedicating a huge majority of my life to it. I just have no need of the sharing. There's no point in talking to you any further, goodbye.
Chelsea this is one of your best videos!! It is a wonderful motivational video! I am an engineer, musician and I love photography. With me, it’s not about an award winning picture. It is the process that I am constantly learning. I figure out of 100 pics of mine you might like one of them, and that is ok with me. I hope you and Tony don’t laugh at me, but when I go to a very scenic location, I shoot with a 120 format 1920’s box camera. I can’t adjust exposure, aperture etc. I like using that camera because with me it is the process of learning. I learn many techniques from others at the site. Developing film in my opinion is such an educational process that I love, and I learn so much from you and Tony about composition which I still need to learn so much about. I learn so much from your videos about wildlife photography. I fall under your category of someone who wants to work hard and learn as I did with music which has paid off in the end. You are right in stating that those who feel they should be born with talent give up. I kept working and learning to achieve many great things as I enjoy teaching others. Please post more videos like this as they help with motivation. Believe it or not you are actually reaching out beyond photography. Excellent Chelsea. Thanks again for your video and say hi to Tony for me.
I totally agree!!!!
Thankyou Chelsea I really appreciated this video. I have only ever done photography for my own mental health really. I just love wandering through the bush with my camera. I get a lot of energy from it. I have only recently started sharing my photos with friends and others. My father said along time ago you have to do this craft for yourself first and if others like it great if not it doesn't matter. If you're happy with it that's great if not try again.
I've definitely felt myself in a bit of a rut this year and questioning my accomplishments over the past 17 years as a photographer. Are you trying to make us feel better about being photographers? Because this is how you make us feel better about being photographers.
Thanks for the growth mindset idea! I captured headshots and wedding photos. I wanted to do dance photos. I volunteered myself to a company to photograph a dance studio recital for free. Now I am being paid to do individual portrait series of 80 dancers at a dance studio a short time later. Growth mindset is learn by practicing so you feel comfortable and learn from mistakes, learn posing, composition, lighting and photoshop, then the opportunities come your way! Find your goal, figure out how to get there, then get it! Growth mindset. Never stop learning.
Thank you for this Chelsea! I had put down the camera for awhile thinking I needed more time to work on my photography. But now...I think I just need to try and enjoy the process rather than wait for the "right" moment. And yes, everyone needs to be kind as we are all learning and evolving (I hope) and need encouragement.
Just did my first paid shoot… and I was experiencing this very thing. The timing on this was perfect. Thank you.
Thank you for the encouragement Chelsea!
Thank you Chelsea! Wonderful video. I really appreciate this video right now. In fact, for every part of being a creative. This is really powerful.
I've always had a challenge calling myself anything as the playing field is so wide. I can work with the thought that I am creating something I love every day. 🥰
I love your work. Especially how raw and real you are!
Hi Chelsea. Your video is CLEAR, PASSIONATE, and INSPIRING! I’m retired (just before the pandemic kicked in), and as a nature-lover, I decided to get back into photography after putting it aside as a teenager due to cost (I had no money to get serious) and subsequent graduate school and career pursuits. Now, with the time and means to take advantage of such great strides in camera technology, and actually having some extra money to spend on it, I have resurrected my interest. I have NO interest in making money from my photo hobby, but wanted to tell you that this video, in particular, reinforces my desire to keep the ‘spark’ alive and work to improve my technique as well as joy in sharing my photos with family and friends. Thank you!
I love this video. Yes, it's aimed at photographers but really it's aimed at everyone. Good for you! Thank you.
Don't let other photographers discourage you, but be inspired by them!
A motivational speaker is born!😂😂!! Hit the road!! You'll be an overnight success! Seriously, I am grateful. Glad I stopped by. I always learn from you... thank you!
This was a life lesson as much as a photography lesson. When I was going through school, I had the growth mindset. For whatever reason, I’ve lost it these last couple of years and have really been beating myself up over things. Mistakes are opportunities!
I love this solo video by you. You radiate such positive energy, always encouraging and prompting us to greater efforts.
My brother is the photographer, not I. I write. But listening to your generous words, I get inspired all over again.
Thank you!
Wonderful video.
Thank You .......to you and Tony for " How to Create Stunning Digital Photography" ! I know it been out for a while , but I just got around to getting a copy ...............Love IT ! Thank You to you and family !
Thanks, great presentation. YES - we are all mixed. I love it when I get lucky and create a nice photo but I also take the not so great photos and figure out what went wrong. As a teacher, I tried to help students use a growth mindset but a growth mindset by itself only helps. We still need the work ethic to put in the practice time and the passion to help us through the tough times.
Hi Chelsea,
Thank you so much for this. I do like to learn from my mistakes and improve and set myself challenges. And when things don’t work, I like to go back and try again. But one thing that can undermine somebody’s confidence is destructive criticism and it happened to me about a year ago. My critic’s opening line was: “That’s a really boring image.” As soon as I heard it, I felt like giving up photography and deleting my entire library. Thankfully I didn’t. It is possible to give constructive criticism and help somebody and give them hope at the end and inspire them to keep at it. Thankfully, I managed to love on and did not become overly defensive or seek to put others down. But I did go through a creative black hole for about 10 months. Other people, who did not know about the critique liked my “really boring” photograph.
My son and I learned a lot from you guys several years ago. Thank you 🙏
Chelsea...EXACTLY what I needed to hear right now!!! Thank you SO SO much!!!
You would be shocked at how many of your tips I have used, and I am still a lousy photographer. Even so, I still enjoy working hard to get better. I love photography. Every once in a while I get a great pic, and it excites me. I always want to take the next good pic, because it always surprises me how much fun I am having trying. Thanks for the encouragement! And please forgive the grammar and spelling. 65yo and still trying to be the best I can.
What I like to do is take a ton of pics and self critique each one. The ones I like can be another learning moment. While viewing each one I left click on it to see what settings are used. It has helped me learn!
First off, you had me at ADHD a few months ago. I've been "here" for a while, (mentally). I'm reminded of a Kobe Bryant quote, "I was born with talent, but worked as if I had none."
Great video Chelsea, there’s so much to say and your tips are right on. The only other thing I can think of is, find a way to share your images other than social media, especially if you are not a professional. Social media is designed for monetization and business. Dedicated groups like on Flickr can be good, but even then, printing your photos and showing them to people can be much more satisfying than waiting for random strangers to appreciate and “like” you photos. Someone, might have been Tony, once pointed out that even the greats probably wouldn’t have gotten many likes on their images. Social media is not a reliable indicator of quality because of the way the algorithms work.
I almost walked away from professional photography twice, once because of some really personal attacks on my question/work, and once because of a course tutor 'teaching' wedding photography, who was very much ' 'you have to take this particular photo' or 'you can't shoot weddings on your own' 'you have to use these albums ' but after a while I came to the conclusion that he isn't the arbiter of what a wedding photo is, so gradually I came back to it, and slowly rebuilt my confidence. (Then 2020 happened etc)
On a lighter note, I have been reviewing my 'sports' photography pictures, anything from sailing to Motorsport photos, I picked up photos I thought were totally ace at the time, (anything up to ten years ago) but now looking through them I keep thinking 'i can do so much better now I know so much more on what I'm doing' so I hope I'm more open minded than fixed, I'm soo self critical of my own work 😁
Great video! It's exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you 😊
Once again, I’m so happy to have tuned in to one of your videos. You two have been so helpful to me over so many years. Thank you
This was an excellent video. I am a fixed mindset. I won't take pictures of people because I don't want them to criticize me. This is so helpful. I don't share my pictures with anyone because of criticism. The weird thing is that I enjoy learning. Thank you so much for this perspective of being creative. You have given me great advice.
Thanks for your response.
I think the think about photography is about believe and vision pushing the boundaries taking yourself to the next level. The other day I was at a protest there were loads I'd pros around and you have to push for the shot it was the best practice ever and some of the pictures surprised me.
Thank you Chelsea. This is everything between wakeup call and inspiration. Gonna grab my camera today again.
There we go! This video is an example of why I started watching this channel way back in the day. Keep it up!
Never give up
What a great video for you to post Chelsea! Thank you immensely for conceiving of, creating and posting this kind of content. I wouldn't exactly say I suck at photography but I've only been at it with any regularity about four years, and only had a decent camera about a year and a half (Started out with a General Electric X2600 and now using a Canon EOS rebel T7). I'm nowhere close to making any money from my photography now but hope to someday. For now it provides me with some essentials like motivation to get off my butt and get some exercise, a sense of purpose in life while trying to survive on disability payments alone and a creative outlet which I've always recognized as a personal need of mine. I also enjoy the learning process.
i d just done the most ambitious ”recovery” i ve attempted in order to try and get back on track after not doing photography for the better part of 2022. Posted a series of stories on instagram announcing i ll rent equipment and that i ll be out and about with my gear and taking portraits, over 20 people signed up, but in the end, only 6 showed up, making the whole thing basically worthless and a waste of time. really needed this speech so I don t immediately sell my personal gear lol
This is a sign, its like God is saying that son - ‘’you are doing good- keep on doing it what you like’’. From the morning till now i was just thinking why I’m not able to grow. Now i know why. Thankyou :)
It’s the reason why one of my favourite Disney movies is meet the Robertson’s, because failure, learning and retry is how the protagonist build things…
And actually failure is better than success because you learn more from failure…
“Keep moving forwards!”
Thanks Chelsea...wonderful talk. I very much appreciate your vulnerability and candidness. Keep doing what you do. Curt
I have been doing photography since the 1970s. My son got cancer in 1996 and I stopped working while he went through chemotherapy. When I finally got back to photography, I had lost the 'eye'. I am doing other thing while I try to get it back. I am enjoying nature and scenic for the moment. I just returned from Ireland.
I can't thank you enough for this.. I was losing motivation but I think you really helped me think of things in a whole different way. I've been way to critical and so hard on myself to the point that everything became distasteful.
Thanks Chelsea,enjoyed your video puts everything into perspective ,I think once the enjoyment of grabbing that one photo and thinking it’s a keeper disappears it’s time to move on,I’m not overly talented as a photographer but I enjoy the photos I get and try to learn from each one I take thanks so much cheers
"There are no shortcuts to success. You have to believe in yourself, and
never give up." Neha Dhupia
I've been into photography and drawing /art since I was a child, I'm 59 now. Never wanted to be a professional but probably can. I do it only for myself and family. I've excell in my trade, metalwork and a business owner, employer. Looking forward to doing photography and art full time once I retire from my trade.
I think a key aspect is selfworth. Some have to hard feelings about their failure... You have to have the mantra "i am okay, i can do great stuff"... maybe you can not show that on every occasion maybe you even have a bad time and nothing seems to work out fine but you should never loose the opinion that you can do great stuff. Just learn from it. Your job was not great but you know you are able to do it better this is the only starting point you can work with. "My job was bad today but this is because i am talentless and i suck and i should stop doing what i used to love" is not a starting point for improvement it is straight up depression. It is a n actual symptom of depression, loosing the interest in something you loved. So yeah, only with a mindset that shields your emotions you can improve. Emotion destroys rationality and you absolutely need rational thought to get better in your craft. Learn to trust yourself, you are able to learn everything. Motivate yourself, be your own best friend
What I am taking away from this video is that learning is a constant process and there is no "final form" that one is supposed to attain. "There is no final frame." 👏
I may not be the best but I take a lot of photos and one in about 1,000 is what I would call that killer photo. One that couldn’t be bettered. For that one, all the rest have just been a build up to that one. So the secret is to takes lots of photos and just keep trying and sure enough, the percentage of killer pics will improve over time.
Well, that’s the way I think about photography. I may not be the best, or even good, but if I keep practicing then the odds will get better.
Thanks for bringing up this really important point of the photography journey…..
Very nice initiative in this video! It’s a very sensitive matter… I started to take photography seriously some 14 years ago, with a Sony Ericsson K500 Cybershot and then a Compact Sony Cybershot, then a Canon DSLR… till today. To be honest, I worked my way very hard, hours of reading and studying photo books and essays and practicing with my camera. Still, I am not Pro photographer, I am doing it because it’s the only personal thing that makes me happy, a refugee, an escape from routine. I am waiting all the week for that Saturday early morning to go out with my gear and shoot. Some times with 10 keepers, others with nothing! And I like it that way.
A couple of years ago (just before the pandemic) the Instagram “tide” did a heavy damage to my photography… I started to take photos for likes and more followers. I did it well. I even managed an increase of about 1200 followers in less than a year. Post after post I adjusted my style from landscape to travel and lifestyle photography, just to satisfy my “audience”. Then the GAS occurred also. I bought a newer camera body that it was (and still is) overkill for my needs (90D) and a pair of very expensive lenses (an L series 70-200 and… a Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/50)… before long I was getting sick and tired of everything! I hadn’t the ability of traveling because of the restrictions, my like count shrank and the followers didn’t increased as much as before. Finally, I took a long break from photography and reconsidered many things. Now I am back to my landscape photography, with my old paces and I love it again! I am still posting to Instagram but I don’t care for the general feedback anymore. I interact with a very small audience that shares my true interest and nothin more… I even choose to hide the like numbers entirely! The only positive from that story is the gear I bought. I decided to keep it and now I am putting it in good use. So, people, if you love photography (and you are not make a living from it)keep doing it for yourselves. If you feel the need for reward from someone else for your work, then maybe you must reconsider your priorities.
i show my wife some of my shots (I'm a beginner with a D5500 lol) and she always finds something positive to say about my shots, even when i clearly see that they suck ahaha ... i learned that 1- I'm much more eager to learn everyday , and 2- my wife loves me very much haha
The Nikon D5500 is an excellent camera and you can create amazing photography art with it. Keep going.
I have before but I always remind myself that I gotta stay with this and I have to stay on my grind! No matter what 💯✊🏾
I'm that single photographer who had never doubted myself. ;)
Wishing everyone a wonderful day ✌️😎
I like going back to my very old photos. Sometimes it just takes a good crop or a fresh idea on how to edit the colours.
The best thing I ever did was stop caring about what people think and upload photos that I like. If people don't want to come with me for the ride they don't have to follow.
Before I was anxious of what people may think but people don't really care. 9 out of 10 people who make negative comments I find have issues of their own, so politely agree and make their day better 😄, the last 1 "negative" comment is usually feedback from an awesome photographer that you should listen to 😂.
I suppose this comes under doing photography for your own enjoyment. It is nice to impress people and get likes, but what good is a hobby that you don't enjoy?
This has to be my absolute favorite video I’ve ever seen in this channel.
This is the most motivating UA-cam video I’ve ever watched, thank you 👋❤️
Thank you. I needed to hear this
I've went out last night to distract myself by being outside and do night long exposures. Tried to do a surreal looking one by having it bright as day but with startrails in the nightsky, because i've seen something like that and it turned out great, i even caught an iridium flare by pure luck. Super happy about that one
Very well done! Once I start traveling again, I will take this advice to heart. In the meantime, I will continue making the composites from earlier photos and sky photography I have, to train my self in using PS and other software. You and Tony do great work. Glad i found you guys a while back.
one of those scenarios identified me as a fixed mindset. Time to get out of my own way. this was perfect timing.
Although I'm currently studying photography I don't think I'll ever be a really good photographer. And I have noticed that people don't care if your pictures are good or not, we're simply ignored most of the time.
Larry Bird hated the "natural talent" ideology. The part he hated was the "it comes easy for you because you're talented." The Legend got to the gym every day at about 4:00 AM and took 100 shots from every spot on the court, from when he was a kid stright through his entire career. Being tall and having perfect depth perception helped, but greatness comes through hard work.
Honest (blunt) critique will do more for a photographers advancement than coddling. For me, after the initial shock wears off, I am able to see my own work from a different eye. I am now more able to critique myself because of the truthful knowledge from critical assessment. That's not saying that cruel is the same as blunt. Cruel assessment is a sign of ego meant to lessen the others self worth. One can not assess themselves with poor information from a coddled review. Eg. Once upon a time I had some shots I had worked on, from a technical standpoint they were nice shots, The critique I got , "the model looks board." shocked me. After catching my heart, I realized, He was right. I had so focused on the technical that I failed to interact well with the subject. Now, after a shoot, I go back and try and artistically reinterpret work I had previously done. It helps me raise my own bar.
I have an album in my editing program called best of the day. Every time I shoot I choose my favorite image of the shoot. I find this increases my discrimination and makes me look critical at my own photos. I also save my best pictures of the month and then at the end of the year I make a collection of the best photos of the year and make a book with it.. This constant selecting and reviewing increases my own discernment.
Chelsea, thank you for the video. Sometimes one needs to hit the refresh button, this video gave me a refresh for the summer!
Every shot is not the greatest no one is perfect 🤩
Just about the mindset. As a teacher in Canada we have to attend a 2 year program after our undergraduate degree for teacher training. Growth mindset is the biggest thing they teach us on how to approach teaching children. If you learn nothing else, approach teaching with a growth mindset, we are taught on how to redirect children when they learn to deal with failure. However, I constantly struggle with a fixed mindset, funny how we teach kids important things yet fail to do them ourselves (kindness, generosity, friendliness)
Thank you Chelsea! This was very motivational, and a good prompt to regularly take stock of our own attitudes, see what makes us happy and what we can do not to bring ourselves down. I think this is one of your best videos!
Thank you Chelsea for this video. I’ve been shooting photography for about eleven years now. I still think I’m still learning. I don’t think I will never stop learning.
Great discussion. Could certainly apply this to many aspects of life.... Also, I think there's an in-between. People can be super-motivated to improve for a time but then maybe get frustrated or tired or whatever. I think a person can move between static and growth depending on circumstances.
Thank you, Chelsea.
This past year has been the worst of years for me. I have MAYBE taken thirty photos. I have looked at hundreds of my past photos and could just throw 99% of them away. junk. I'll get back into it before the year is out, maybe. This is a talk I needed. It will come back I'm thinking, probably.
Chelsea, I enjoy the humanity of the videos that you and Tony deliver to us. They are intelligently educational and thoughtful with a low-key style that I find very appealing. This video is compassionate and kind and very encouraging to all photographers - to all viewers, irrespective of whether they are photographers or not. I am hideously ancient having decided to turn an interest into a passion after at least one lifetime spent in a different profession. I suppose that I am mostly of a growth mindset which I take as an advantage. Boundless optimism convinces me that I have capability and talent and should persevere. Perfectionism means that I am constantly having to improve. I know perfection is unattainable, like the speed of light: I am on an asymptotic path which will always get closer but never arrive. I find much beauty in visual representation and am in awe of the works of great artists and photographers. Fortunately, I love learning and life is an eternal learning process. I am 70 and still learn something new every day. I sometimes have to kick myself over unforgivable errors. I was invited last year to take the photographs at the birthday of a one-year-old little girl. The day was dull and my eyes are as old as the rest of me. I failed to spot that my Nikon D850 had been left in 5-frame bracketing mode which immediately meant several shots were overexposed. Shooting in raw allowed recovery of some of the underexposed shots. Such a tragic mistake! A few days ago, I was invited to photograph the same little girl’s 2nd-year birthday. This time, I took my Nikon Z9 and it was again a cloudy day with changeable lighting. On my return home, I discovered that I had again left the camera in 5-frame bracketing!! I am going for third time lucky if they invite me back…
Growth Mindset is something everyone can benefit from regardless of the topic. In my opinion as a teacher, this should be taught to parents so they can implement it in raising their children. Students with a growth mindset are typically self-motivated and love to learn. Your point about know what you like is something I have struggled with my entire life. Why? Because I am interested in everything! Great video! Have a fantastic weekend.
Thanks Chelsea! Id ague this is the Most important 15 minutes a photographer can hear, great stuff!
The story of the kids and the puzzles is very informative. There was some old article about Dan Rather, which I can't remember, but he had some young-age setback that made him determined to succeed. If you have an obstacle and learn how to overcome it, you feel more confident. There are many stories of people who succeeded because they wanted to prove themselves despite criticism from others. And yes, there are also stories of people (like actors) who had no training and just had natural talent. Sometimes not knowing "the rules" makes for unexpected success. The Beatles were told by Decca that "guitar groups were on their way out", yet later inspired the formation of thousands of guitar groups.
Probably one of the most important videos made.
I am an amateur photographer who has gotten better. The reason I take pictures is that it is fun and I enjoy it. I work at the craft of photography but I will never be that good.
Thank you Chelsea. I just have to keep reminding myself why I got my camera in the first place.
Hard works always gives results in end. So never give up, but as she said, burn for leaning to get better.
Great presentation easily applied to your job, etc. The joruney's about the learning process.
I go through both mindsets and it can be frustrating trying to keep the perfectionist in me from going overboard.
Great video and message. This really applies to pretty much everything. I’m currently reading “Grit” by Angela Duckworth which focuses on the idea that more people succeed because they keep at it more so than having a natural gift.
Thanks for this, Chelsea! This is like a therapy session for free. I always wondered if I should change my equipment or if it would be a waste of money. But I also thought that I needed to learn first before I could invest on a good camera. I started with a superzoom (SONY H10) and after a lot of practice I started to work at National Geographic Brasil and published my first pictures in the magazine's website. It took me some time to buy my first DSLR. It was a canon rebel Xti that I paired with a 55-250mm and I stayed with it for a long, long time. I love nature photography, and as a reporter at National I was fortunate to talk with amazing Brazilian photographers that helped me to improve. I also watched a lot of videos on UA-cam of wildlife and landscape photographers, camera gear, editing tutorials (You and Tony helped me a lot, thank you so much!). it took me 8 years to get money selling pictures so I could make the upgrade and buy the r6 and the 100-500mm (my dream's lens). I'm so happy with the evolution of my photography, but I'm also happy because there is a lot of room to improve. I love learning and talk about photography. The more I spend time on this, the more I love it. Thanks for everything. You and Tony are awesome!
I think the biggest let down is getting an awesome photo and just knowing that someone else has already take that photo or just knowing that people may like it but no one really cares if it’s a good photo.
I’ve seen a lot of your videos trust me, and certainly l can say that this one of your best one, at least for me, so to be honest you have been straight to the point that we should know the day when we decided to start in this beautiful path known as Photography!!! Many thanks 🙏🙏🙏
I think there's a huge mental and emotional side to photography that we don't talk about. I realised I'd be indoctrinated with a lot of views from my first photography teachers that I hadn't shaken off. One of the was that certain areas of photography were not valid or worth the effort and since those were my preferred areas I undermined myself and pretty much gave up. It's taken me a long time to realise this an begin to take steps in doing what I want. It's hard to undo that feeling of never being good enough and we need to be aware to not pass it on.
Thx Chelsea, The perfect interpretacion of humanity, thx for all things you share with us, big hugs from România!
This is a brilliant posting. The title could just as easily have been, "My life sucks. Should I give up" Wisdom involves taking lessons from all aspects of one's life and applying them to the entirety of one's life. The more effective input we obtain from the positive aspects of our lives, the better we can apply the lessons derived from that input to other, or even all aspects of our lives. Great job, Chelsea!
Never give up. Always continue to progress and expand yourself.
I still love this channel and will continue to watch. Just wanted to warn fellow viewers.
Excellent - these are lessons for life, not just photography.
Find the fun in photography if you love the style you do or camera you use
My answer to your question is that I have always loved creating images. And ultimately whether I am ever considered a photographer I would be happy with every step and image I create.
This is a brilliant and, frankly, inspiring video that applies not just to photography but life in general. I like the message and I'm going to play it for my Grandson who is struggling with things at the moment. Thankyou.
people are saying not to upload in 1080 on utube, but this video looks great
If someone is not instantly the pinnacle of perfection at what they are undertaking, they should quit and never try anything again.
Wait, that's not how life works for the majority of us. Just continue stepping forward when you are ready to proceed again. As for the choice, between raw talent or persistence in working to improve, I prefer talent. I have a tiny (emphasis on tiny) bit of talent above average; I suffer from fixed mindset difficulties. Great talent comes with a price. There are pros and cons to both. Work with your abilities. The "easy way out" is seldom easy. Try to enjoy yourself.
Children learn by playing with something. When we start setting expectations on the outcome, we may also be hampering our own learning process. Limits and goals are helpful, but not if they stifle our willingness to explore regardless of the outcome. I just accept that falling on my face is part of the learning process. I get up, dust myself off (after a brief break sometimes), and go on to the next set of mistakes.
For me - working hard, dedication & perseverance. I love and crave wanting to learn. I like to know why.
A very good video, touching on a lot of my own concerns. Thank you.
The very most talented athletes train very hard continuously. They hire coaches and trainers, and change these people from time to time so as to learn more. Talent is important, but it isn’t enough.