many photographers are really scared to get it wrong and I same wrong in
inverted commas because
there isn't a ride all wrong and I'm gonna say more about that in a minute
the thing is every single one you has the potential to fulfill your
photographic dreams whatever they may be
but there's a dream killer out there
and that can stop us dead in our tracks and the crazy thing is this dream killer is not
even real
many others are so afraid to get it wrong we never take the actions needed
to fulfill a potential
we hide this by telling ourselves we just need to know a little bit more
before we actually go and try it for real
is a DSLR a mirrorless camera best what lens should we choose maybe we should
change the 70-200 and then we'll go off into a tailspin as to which 7200 is the
best one to buy
waste hours reading forums and comparing brands and see if we can possibly get
off a twenty pounds less
now if you stop starting out I promise you the camera kit won't make
any difference your camera kit make doesn't take the photos
what it does is faithfully record whatever combinations have liked
composition and the settings you choose to get it
every week I get asked what's the best focal length for portrait
which shutter speed is best to photograph a car if i used this or that
lens meticulous angle
when I get the shot that i want I don't know who because it depends on what you
want to achieve
the question here is why don't you experimenting
and seeing what works for yourself why not get out there
try some stuff give it a lash it's because
with scared of failure many of us want an absolute 100 percent certainty guarantee
it will work perfectly
on the very first try and
professionals who've been living and breathing photography every day for
years rarely just take one shot on its perfect
if you've done might seven building blocks a photography course
you'll have seen how many 10 shots you sometimes need to make
especially when you're starting out
we also worry about what people say or think about our images
you know you show someone something you like and they say no that's all right
and what we hear or mention we hear is possibly in noted disappointment in
their voice and we start to think
maybe I'm not very good at this we're still we worry about what we will say or
think about our I'm
images we're scared will take a crap photo and then become disillusioned with
our potential
give up on ourselves so we procrastinate
the weather is not perfect the car needs cleaning the sofa needs to be settled
we do endless more research which is very sneaky indeed
because that's procrastination in disguise we want everyone including
ourselves
to love our photos and when we don't get that we feel like a failure
we start to believe that maybe when not that good at this
after all an OK kinda fight is the best we can hope for
and that's not a very powerful believed to have about your potential
as a photographer but here's the thing
heat only a belief an opinion
it's just a thought or a feeling a isn't
real isn't the truth we mistake it for cold hard fact that
written in stone I'm now I want you to really listen to what I'm about to say
I want you to consider that success
is the ability to go from failure to failure without
loss of enthusiasm sir winston churchill said that
but what is failure he's not getting what we
want all what we expect to get and that's just more thoughts and opinions
right
so what would happen if we changed our thinking
what if we started to think about images
as experiments to see what would happen maybe if we do this we'll try that
now I promise you you'll start to feel good about yourself if you do this
because
you not procrastinating you doing and you
do you'll learn and you grow you get better images because they'll just be a
byproduct of the growth and your photos improve you start thinking hey I did
that you feel good about yourself you have
more belief in your potential and as your confidence
in that potential grows you'll be inspired to take more actions
actions like really looking at light shadows and highlights
trying several different angles with your camera planning the best time a day
to visit a location based on light
may be brighter or darker exposures
and all that good stuff I've been teaching you by the way
notice how none of these actions have anything to do with your camera
and everything to do with you better results can only reinforce you believe
in your potential
so you take bigger more challenging actions and get even bigger results
now these grow your belief in your potential and the whole thing starts
spinning round around in a circle
feeding on itself and before long you're flying the first step is to stop being
afraid
what you someone else perceives as a failure when something doesn't turn out
how you wanted to ask yourself some powerful questions
why did that happen what would have happened if i done this
or that when can I have another go at it some of you may need to realize is that the
stakes
a brilliant things because they are an essential part of learning
we needed them they are opportunities to find out
what went wrong and avoid doing it again by changing the way you
think about your potential and recognize that fear of failure
isn't a tangible thing you automatically get results as byproducts
may you never please everyone summer doesn't like your image
and they don't want your image and that's their opinion on it a valuable
lesson about this when I was commissioned by Bournemouth Airport
to do a dramatic looking upright image for a magazine cover
that had to have space for overlay text and clearly said
Concord comes here now I was scared because airports are generally messy
places with trucks in shades and other aircraft
cluttering the place up also Concord doesn't fit in
up right shape and it was a dull overcast day as well and that wasn't
helping
and sure enough dull light makes for a dull image
so ended up photoshopping my favorite adding a crazy news kinda girl on the
steps
sign it even lens flare coming over the fuse a large
looking back on it walls horribly overdone but I hey it was a long time
ago
but here's the thing the image not won master Photographers Association Award
it won a national commercial award from fuji the prize was a week at Pho to
training overseas the event which happens each year on Cyprus
the client they didn't like it they chose the one i almost i did'n't show them because I
thought it was dull
so stop letting fear of failure stop you
stop researching a procrastinating endlessly and get into action
because effort in equals effort out
watched some videos get some up my courses but most importantly
go out and put theory into practice and when something doesn't turn out the way
you want it to
it said golden opportunity to learn from it
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