Once upon a time, one professional photographer was talking to another professional photographer about really wanting to improve her photography (a desire I know all too well). The other photographer said to her that if she was serious about improving her photography, she would take 3 actions daily… for a whole year, with the result being to improve her photography 300%. The actions include:
- Take at least 1 photo every day.
- Read at least 1 page in my camera manual every day.
- View other professional images every day
I don't think I am a professional photographer, though I am definitely aspiring and working to be on some level eventually. But this challenge struck a unique chord within me and made me truly want to take part in it in a real and committed way, even if my version of it may look quite different and quite amateur comparitively. I am reminded that hesitations and insecurities are all the more reason why I should do this - to put myself out there and potentially allow and encourage others to see my images more often and more naturally as they are captured rather than hide behind my lens and only show a select fraction of what actually gets documented with my camera.
So I'm doing this too...and we'll just see how it goes and what I learn about photography...and myself... in the process.
Thank you Tasra Dawson for the inspiration...and thank you Scott Bourne for issuing the now viral challenge to Tasra in the first place!
