Just do it!


You've seen it countless times, plastered across billboards and double decked buses. In all probability you even own something on which it's boldly scrawled. The good folks at the Oregon based sports wear giant have for as long as we can remember bombarded us with these three words. Three key words, which in my opinion do not necessarily have to be used only in a sports related context.
This here is a statement that rings true for anyone with a camera, who ultimately resorts to calling them self a photographer, which brings me to why I wrote this in the first place.

There is this one thing as a photographer that constantly bothers me, much like an annoying rash. I've noticed that people nowadays spend more time talking about photography than actually taking pictures.
You're probably wondering how this works. Let me explain.
Firstly, if you frequent forums, websites and social media as much I do, then you're most likely to have stumbled upon an elite set of people, who've made it their life's work to tell everybody how they should be doing things. Now at first glance this may not seem so negative but if you hang around a little longer you will begin to notice how every conversation finally narrows down to photographic gear, and what you 'should' use if you want an image to appear a certain way. I beg to disagree. Quite honestly, who cares? At the end of the day you are the one ultimately responsible for creating an image. As far as I'm concerned, whether you used a DSLR or a point and shoot camera shouldn't matter.

Ideally, what we should be doing is spending more time, out there, with the camera. It doesn't matter what you shoot. What matters, is that you shoot at all. We need to be exploring the limitless possibilities that capturing an image holds. We need to stop making excuses and keep doing what we do, more regularly. So what if it is raining? Hold an umbrella and keep shooting. Life doesn't stop, why should you? Go out of your comfort zone and unleash everything you have learned. Keep shooting, day and night. As is the case with many things in life there are no short cuts to success. You and I are both photographers. Taking pictures is what we do.

Just do it!

4 comments:

  1. I'm a keen follower of your work and I really like your style. This post is something all of us can learn from. Thanks for the inspiration!

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    1. Hey Devon, great to hear you're a follower. I'm happy to have inspired you:) Keep shooting!

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  2. Top stuff. I'm glad you took the time to write such a post. For sure it has had made me look at photography from a broader perspective. I'm going out with my camera right now!

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  3. Max, I'm quite pleased to have made you look at the bigger picture. Thanks for the feedback!

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