Craftsmanship
Find a calling and then deliver.
"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.'" – Martin Luther King, Jr.Wow, those words moved me today and made me think about my own situation as a professional photographer. How can I get inspired and inspire others?
I decided to start writing my thoughts...
Fine tune your skills and portfolio between projects, this will help you keep your craft on it's highest level. Always challenge yourself, even if it's the simplest of project concepts. Push yourself and your team, take it to the next level. Find people (in my case visual artists) who will make you want to change your game up a little and try new things, learn a new medium.
Dan Winters (http://www.danwintersphoto.com) and I were talking once and I asked him, "What advise could you lend to a young photographer who is on the cusp of that next level, but just can't get over the edge? Dan says, "Keep Shootin."
I thought about his words and they are so true, the only way you are going to stay sane and reach that next level is to keep working and stay focused! Focus your life, focus your vision, focus your thoughts, focus your energy. Once you focus and have that "good energy", success and happiness will present itself. Business will start to flow and your work will take off to that next level.
Keep in mind that there are MANY levels, with each having it's own success and challenges. I guess that's the exciting part about being an artist, you create life!
Quote from http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
Check out my new work at www.JesseKnish.com
Thanks to Imaging USA and the PPA for an amazing photography conference in Nashville, TN.
http://imagingusa.org/
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