Creative inspiration – Keep moving forward
What are you doing to ensure you’re honing your craft? I’m teaching all of you how to take better photos according to my own experiences but what am I doing to make sure I’m moving forward and learning?
“In our world, there is no stagnation. Only progression or regression.”
Take the analogy of a muscle. If you’re not working out you’re getting weaker.
We want to make sure we’re always moving forward. Because when you move forward you discover new things and possibilities you never even thought of.
That’s what leads me to the journey. The journey of moving forward is everything. We never want to arrive at our destination because then we’ve stopped in life.
Work in a time during your busy schedule where you can focus on your craft for yourself. Find or create a new project. Find a way to challenge yourself, to push your current skills and understanding. Never be afraid of failure. Keep falling forward.
Most of the photos I upload and you see are the product of thousands of failed attempts to capture something. That’s why I’ve mentioned to just shoot all the time. Take a shot and think of how you can improve it. Then take another shot and reevaluate. It’s that reevaluation that enables your creative skill to grow. You want to begin to think outside the box. Think beyond what most people would think of. Take a moment to look around for a better composition or angle and take the shot again. Maybe it’s worse, maybe it’s better. But the fact of the matter is, you learned something new. You grew your knowledge and experience by 1%. Now repeat.
Good motivation you gave to all or maybe to me!
I’m so glad I could help! <3
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Interesting and so honest.
My recent post is also on the theme of Journeying but in a different light.
Well said
Fantastic motivation. I’m not a photographer but I’m going to use your advice for my own projects. Thank you
I’m so glad I could help 🙂
Thank you. Helpful.🙂
I’m glad it was helpful 🙂
Beautiful photo and message my friend!
Thank you Karla! 🙂
You’re so welcome, Hannes! 😊
Very Very Valuable and Important for journey towards Satisfaction and Happiness!
Great to share this Technique!
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Well said! Yes, it takes lot of patience, but if you are passionate about it, you can do it perfectly. I know you are so keen on honing your crafts, and the results are so much amazing! Keep it up!
Thank you for your kind words! 🙂 You’re absolutely right.
You’re most welcome!
So very true. What king of cameras do you use? my desire is to buy a new one.
I’m currently using a Nikon D5300.
What camera do you have in mind?
Nikon COOLPIX B500 16 MegaPixel Digital Camera + 32GB Card, Tripod, Case and More Whats the highest pixels you can get today? I want to use it for doing portfolio work (mine and other peoples.)
That’s a great camera. Have you given thought to get a DSLR instead of a bridge camera?
The camera with the highest megapixel is the Hasselblad H6D-100C HIGH with 100 megapixels. But a camera is so much more than raw megapixels. There are so many different factors to consider. It depends on what you want from your photos.
In anything… so true, PRACTICE, practice, practice! You take beautiful photos.
Absolutely! Thank you! 🙂
Thank you for sharing wise and revealing words. Learning and living in a wondrous world opens our eyes. Photography can hone our understandings and perceptions. The result can be joy!
It’s my pleasure. I’m glad you found it useful 🙂 You’re right, it absolutely can!
This was right on time! Sometimes I wonder if I am moving forward but you have given me a different perspective on reflecting on where I am presently! I get not worrying about the destination! That is freeing!
I’m so glad I was able to help! 🙂
It’s easy to stagnate and keep doing the same thing over and over again. That safety zone.
Ooou dropping gems 💎!!! Thank you for this!!! I needed it this
Wise words.
Photography principle that applies in life too.
The words “moving forward is everything and reevaluation” are enough to lead a beautiful life. Thank you for sharing such an enlightening post, friend 🙂.
thanks for timely reminder.😄
Being present and consistent
Thank you for this. Got me thinking about my own journeys as a writer and musician.
I’m so glad to hear that. Awesome beard btw.
Your philosophy with photography applies to our lives as well. We can never be close to perfect with our first attempt at anything. With continued practice and evaluation, we can move a few steps closer.
You’re absolutely right. Well said 🙂
This is so right. Thanks for sharing 🌻
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well-said friendo))
I agree. And I’m inspired by your writing. There is no stagnant life in a process.
I’m so glad to hear that!
“In our world, there is no stagnation. Only progression or regression.” Wow!! So true! Thankyou for sharing 🙂
My pleasure Ambert 🙂
Nice photo. Great lines mentioned in your post.
Love this and absolutely agree!
So true “when you move forward you discover new things and possibilities you never even thought of.”
Nice
Lovely
Excellent advice for improving and moving forward in our craft!
Awesome. There is so much to learn from you. Brilliant.
I’m glad I could help!
Musing on… moving forward…avoiding stagnation… whatever our craft…is really helpful. Thank you.
You sparked my day with beautiful motivation it’s amazing🤙
I’m so glad to hear that!
I love how inspiring this is and very motivational 👏
I’m so glad to hear that!
Such a great start to my M(on)day.
Hope you’re having a great M(on)day! 😀
Totally agree, and a great reminder to keep moving forward. This time, near the closing of a year, is the perfect opportunity to contemplate our forward movement in 2021 and how that might look in 2022. Thanks for you thoughts.
” Never be afraid of failure; keep falling forward ” – words resonate powerfully.
Wonderfully put! And transferable to so many things in life (which is a continuation of learning …)
Thanks . . . at a certain age forward momentum gets harder to maintain but becomes progressively ever more important to health.
So much motivational and interesting post.
Great advice!
Glad I could help!
Very nice
Glad you liked it!
Captivating and well said
love this photo Hannes, where was it taken ?
Thank you. Franschhoek, South Africa.
Looking at this photo reminded me of my journey and my purpose on earth. Thanks
I’m so glad to hear that! 😀
I absolutely love photography and taking pictures of nature stuff. I needed this reminder to get back out and do it. Thank you.
That’s so wonderful to hear! Go out and enjoy it 😀
Thanks for your helpful posts on photography!
It’s my pleasure Greg! I’m glad you find it helpful!
Love this, will keep this in mind when I start to take photos again thank you 😊
Have fun! 🙂
Aptly stated! Thanks.
Very interesting post and definitely inspiring article thank you for sharing this.
I’m happy to share this site which is loved by all. I love photography and photography is my life – long love. Thank you!!!
Consistently keeping at something brings about revolutionary change in the long run. A well thought out write.
You’re absolutely right 🙂
I love photography. I fight to find a way to take convincing photos. But I’m not good at it and I’m far from convinced. I want to keep taking pictures over and over again. And one day I want to take photos that I will be surprised when I see them. Thank you.
Haha. After 9 years of taking photos, I still feel exactly the same way you do. Although there has been a photo or two that has surprised me. I keep pushing for those moments. But it seems they are usually 1 in 1000.
Thanks for the replies, I’m glad you enjoyed the post.
Recently a part of my brain has been used to thinking about what photography is all about. I found the answer to that question in an album from my childhood. Don’t think, feel.
The album was filled with a lot of love from my parents. Photography is a passion, photography is like an unlimited free expression of sensibility or nothingness.
My photographic journey has just begun. I will now put on my wings and enjoy it as much as I can. Thank you.
You are absolutely right. Photography is a feeling. It’s what’s inside the photo and how it makes us feel.
I wish you all the best and I hope you enjoy your photography journey. Fly high and far and capture the view along the way 🙂
Thank you for beautiful message 🙏🌷🌸🌺🌼
so interesting… I followed your site because your words inspire me. The pictures are awesome – but its the words and thoughts you share which made me go “yes”. Taken together, your words with your photos are sublime… Constantly journeying here through life…