Support your local photographer

Support your local photographer, including yourself. It is easy to get discouraged, it is easy to lose your motivation especially as the colder weather moves in. I don’t mean financial support but moral support, encouragement. Most of us have a circle of friends or know other photographers or are somehow engaged with other photographers on social media. Start a conversation about some of their work, ask for input about some of your work, exchange ideas. As many of you may be able to tell I can talk to virtually anyone, but it hasn’t always been that way. One of my prior occupations sort of thrust the ability upon me. I then became an instructor and public speaker.

Photography can be a lonely hobby or business. We often go out on our own in search of our sometimes elusive photographs. Even if we go out with a group we wander off from each other to set up to shoot a scene. I believe we can often get better photography by talking with each other. We may have many different views of society, the world, art, politics, and other aspects of life but we do have a common ground in our interest in photography. By reaching out and talking with other photographers we may open our creativity to new ideas and concepts thus expanding our art.