Chances Are, You Suck

Chances are, you suck. Worse yet, nobody is going to tell you.

In the past, before the internet made us equal, your friends, the ones you had actually met in person, would let you know when your pictures didn’t quite cut it. Most of the time they wouldn’t even need to say anything.

You’d know it yourself as soon as you showed them your work.

Of course, plenty of other times they’d bust your chops, but that was a different time. Before we all became so polite and nonjudgemental. Back when respect was something earned and not a right of birth.

Your work is not you.

Sometimes great people produce work that isn’t so great. Friends don’t let friends do this.

Do you know that feeling? The one when you’re showing images to someone (perhaps an editor or producer that you were hoping to work with) and you get to that picture, the one that looked perfectly acceptable moments before, but as soon as you show it, you’re immediately filled with regret.

Yeah, I hate that feeling too.

There are plenty of things photography-wise that I’m not very good at. I’m not great at creating images, but I’m pretty good at finding them. I’m terrible at…