Just Do It

I've been trying to increase the amount I read. I read 18 books last year, none of them photography books. I decided to read more about photography this year. I've come to the conclusion that all this does is cause me to think about the things I'm interested in rather than actually doing them.

"If I only had a ______ I could _______."

Fill in the blanks with your excuses, then crush them. There is no magic bullet. The camera you have is probably good enough. (I really don't need a new 21 megapixel SLR or a new printer...but that 50mm f1.2, I need that....)

"Psychologists have attempted to explain the creative process in four stages: preparation, incubation, realisation and verification. In the first we attune ourselves to our subject and notice the possibility for an image; in the second we find a solution to the divergent problem of composition; in the third we make the image; and, finally, in the fourth verify that it met (or exceeded!) or aims. It’s vital that we delay pressing the shutter as long as possible if we want to make anything other than a pastiche of former images. We therefore need to take as long as we dare over the first two stages – obviously a fast moving subject or set of circumstance would curtail this."

- David Ward

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