Hello ,
Yesterday, there was a lot of chatter about New Year's resolutions.
I stopped making New Year's Resolutions a long time ago.
I remember making resolutions, and then, the first time I slipped up and broke whatever resolutions I made, I felt crappy about myself and slipped back into the old habit.
Eventually, I realized that the idea of resoi8lutiins is to change habits.
Specifically, the best resolutions replace harmful, useless habits that keep us from being who we want to be with helpful, useful habits that support us in being who we want to be.
I also realized that it's not easy
to change from a path filled with old familiar, bad habits to a path of unfamiliar, better habits.
We make an effort to get on the better path, but we slip back to the bad path.
But just because we slip up doesn't mean we can't regain our footing on the better way of doing things.
A big one for me was eating.
Once I changed my mind and actions to eat better, my health got better.
I remember thinking that if I didn't take care of my health, then everything else I wanted to get better at wouldn't really matter if I wasn't able or around to do it.
I remember thinking along the lines of the same thing about photography.
If I didn't get better at my photography, I wouldn't be able to create intentional, useful, and meaningful photographs.
Getting better at photography requires getting better at three things.
- Camera operation.
- Composition
- The observation and understanding of light.
The problem is
that new habits are hard to adopt because while we can see how the old bad habit isn't helping us, the new good habit requires some work.
And until we realize the work is worth it, we fail to keep working to replace comfortable
habits with ones that require effort to change.
But when we experience how the change we strive to make helps us be better, we get a taste of that "I'm doing better" feeling, and we continue to make changes.
Change ain't easy.
And sometimes, we need help.
And we should get it if it helps us to be the better version of ourselves we want to be.
When you need help with your photography studies and practice, you know where to find me.
And remember, we learn and improve by doing, so practice making at least one picture today.
That's all for now; thanks for reading!
Sam
I'll help you be a better photographer—study and practice photography with me.
Ways to work with me are listed below.
And what if the timing doesn't work for you in any of my scheduled group classes? If that's the case, let's schedule a
one-time lesson or a series of in-person or online private instruction that covers the same things as my group classes.
