Are your photos bad? Don't give up!
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Many photographers doubt their work and their talent and question if they have any right to be a photographer at all. DON'T GIVE UP! I'm passing along tips on how to change your mindset to become a better, happier, photographer and it's backed by research done by Dr.Carol Dweck.
I read her book, Mindset, and distill her research into tips that can help every photographer become a long-time learner and a lifelong photographer.
Illustrations by Katherine Lynas www.Katherinelynas.com
Inspired by the book Mindset by Dr.Dweck
Video clips of kids from Storyblocks
This is a wonderful talk! I sometimes feel intimidated when trying to find photography tutorials on RUclips, mainly because so many tutorials are aimed at people intending to become a paid, professional photographer. I, on the other hand, picked up a camera when I had to retire from my profession due to health concerns. I want to learn as much as possible and make the best images I can simply because I love photography and enjoy learning and getting better, not because I hope to be paid for doing so. As a self-learner with my camera, half the fun is learning and trying to improve!
I'm in exactly the same position. I took up photography when I was ten to capture my summer camp experiences on my Kodak Brownie camera with 127 format film. I graduated to a Nikkormat FTn and then an F2 as my children grew up. I even printed color positives from Agfachrome in my basement darkroom. Now after a long pause, wrapping up a forty plus career as a rural pediatrician, and a "medical" retirement, I'm looking to return to my love of still photography and of backpacking, and sometimes combining both. Chelsea, each day I pick up the camera I try to ask myself, "Did I do something at least a little bit better at compose and capture images?" Your videos help inspsire me.
That's what it's all about. If it isn't enjoyable, there's no point. 🙂
I'm weird. I've been into wildlife photography for 16 or 17 years, have thousands and thousands of photos, but never shown a single one to anyone ever. Yet i'm happy when i'm doing it. I'm highly critical of myself to the point of being a perfectionist, and carry on learning. I just don't seem to need anything to do with the sharing side.
@@HezyTech
If you cannot conceive of enjoying the process of creating without needing external validation that that's *your* problem. See 14:37
@@HezyTech It is rare but ... someone famous which comes to my mind now is Vivian Maier, the street photographer, who never showed her stuff to anyone AFAIK. That got discovered only after her death for the first time.
But admittedly, by today's standards she would have to be counted as a bit mentally disordered, as anecdotes of the ones she was working for in her normal day job (as a nanny) would tell us today.
@@HezyTech That's getting pretty offensive now. A creative doesn't have to share at all. There are actually deep reasons for my history in this, which i don't actually feel like talking about. Especially with how you're carrying on.
@@HezyTech you are attacking and shaming someone because you cannot understand how they enjoy *their* creative process. What you have written is disgusting, insulting and unbelievably offensive.
@@HezyTech You're talking absolute rubbish. No it doesn't have to be shared at all.
I love the whole process, even dedicating a huge majority of my life to it. I just have no need of the sharing. There's no point in talking to you any further, goodbye.
Thanks for the growth mindset idea! I captured headshots and wedding photos. I wanted to do dance photos. I volunteered myself to a company to photograph a dance studio recital for free. Now I am being paid to do individual portrait series of 80 dancers at a dance studio a short time later. Growth mindset is learn by practicing so you feel comfortable and learn from mistakes, learn posing, composition, lighting and photoshop, then the opportunities come your way! Find your goal, figure out how to get there, then get it! Growth mindset. Never stop learning.
Thank you for the encouragement Chelsea!
I've definitely felt myself in a bit of a rut this year and questioning my accomplishments over the past 17 years as a photographer. Are you trying to make us feel better about being photographers? Because this is how you make us feel better about being photographers.
Thankyou Chelsea I really appreciated this video. I have only ever done photography for my own mental health really. I just love wandering through the bush with my camera. I get a lot of energy from it. I have only recently started sharing my photos with friends and others. My father said along time ago you have to do this craft for yourself first and if others like it great if not it doesn't matter. If you're happy with it that's great if not try again.
This such an incredibly powerful video beyond just photography. I'm going to show this to my little brother, who isn't even interested in photography, because this is a very motivational piece of art that is so well said and can be applied to all aspects of life. Thank you for all that you guys do 🙏🙏
This was a life lesson as much as a photography lesson. When I was going through school, I had the growth mindset. For whatever reason, I’ve lost it these last couple of years and have really been beating myself up over things. Mistakes are opportunities!
Just did my first paid shoot… and I was experiencing this very thing. The timing on this was perfect. Thank you.
Chelsea...EXACTLY what I needed to hear right now!!! Thank you SO SO much!!!
Chelsea this is one of your best videos!! It is a wonderful motivational video! I am an engineer, musician and I love photography. With me, it’s not about an award winning picture. It is the process that I am constantly learning. I figure out of 100 pics of mine you might like one of them, and that is ok with me. I hope you and Tony don’t laugh at me, but when I go to a very scenic location, I shoot with a 120 format 1920’s box camera. I can’t adjust exposure, aperture etc. I like using that camera because with me it is the process of learning. I learn many techniques from others at the site. Developing film in my opinion is such an educational process that I love, and I learn so much from you and Tony about composition which I still need to learn so much about. I learn so much from your videos about wildlife photography. I fall under your category of someone who wants to work hard and learn as I did with music which has paid off in the end. You are right in stating that those who feel they should be born with talent give up. I kept working and learning to achieve many great things as I enjoy teaching others. Please post more videos like this as they help with motivation. Believe it or not you are actually reaching out beyond photography. Excellent Chelsea. Thanks again for your video and say hi to Tony for me.
I totally agree!!!!
Thank You .......to you and Tony for " How to Create Stunning Digital Photography" ! I know it been out for a while , but I just got around to getting a copy ...............Love IT ! Thank You to you and family !
Hi Chelsea. Your video is CLEAR, PASSIONATE, and INSPIRING! I’m retired (just before the pandemic kicked in), and as a nature-lover, I decided to get back into photography after putting it aside as a teenager due to cost (I had no money to get serious) and subsequent graduate school and career pursuits. Now, with the time and means to take advantage of such great strides in camera technology, and actually having some extra money to spend on it, I have resurrected my interest. I have NO interest in making money from my photo hobby, but wanted to tell you that this video, in particular, reinforces my desire to keep the ‘spark’ alive and work to improve my technique as well as joy in sharing my photos with family and friends. Thank you!
I love this video. Yes, it's aimed at photographers but really it's aimed at everyone. Good for you! Thank you.
Thank you for this Chelsea! I had put down the camera for awhile thinking I needed more time to work on my photography. But now...I think I just need to try and enjoy the process rather than wait for the "right" moment. And yes, everyone needs to be kind as we are all learning and evolving (I hope) and need encouragement.
I love this solo video by you. You radiate such positive energy, always encouraging and prompting us to greater efforts.
My brother is the photographer, not I. I write. But listening to your generous words, I get inspired all over again.
Thank you!
Wonderful video.
Thanks, great presentation. YES - we are all mixed. I love it when I get lucky and create a nice photo but I also take the not so great photos and figure out what went wrong. As a teacher, I tried to help students use a growth mindset but a growth mindset by itself only helps. We still need the work ethic to put in the practice time and the passion to help us through the tough times.
Hi Chelsea,
Thank you so much for this. I do like to learn from my mistakes and improve and set myself challenges. And when things don’t work, I like to go back and try again. But one thing that can undermine somebody’s confidence is destructive criticism and it happened to me about a year ago. My critic’s opening line was: “That’s a really boring image.” As soon as I heard it, I felt like giving up photography and deleting my entire library. Thankfully I didn’t. It is possible to give constructive criticism and help somebody and give them hope at the end and inspire them to keep at it. Thankfully, I managed to love on and did not become overly defensive or seek to put others down. But I did go through a creative black hole for about 10 months. Other people, who did not know about the critique liked my “really boring” photograph.
My son and I learned a lot from you guys several years ago. Thank you 🙏
Never give up
I think the think about photography is about believe and vision pushing the boundaries taking yourself to the next level. The other day I was at a protest there were loads I'd pros around and you have to push for the shot it was the best practice ever and some of the pictures surprised me.
You would be shocked at how many of your tips I have used, and I am still a lousy photographer. Even so, I still enjoy working hard to get better. I love photography. Every once in a while I get a great pic, and it excites me. I always want to take the next good pic, because it always surprises me how much fun I am having trying. Thanks for the encouragement! And please forgive the grammar and spelling. 65yo and still trying to be the best I can.
Thank you Chelsea for this video. I’ve been shooting photography for about eleven years now. I still think I’m still learning. I don’t think I will never stop learning.
What I like to do is take a ton of pics and self critique each one. The ones I like can be another learning moment. While viewing each one I left click on it to see what settings are used. It has helped me learn!
Very well done! Once I start traveling again, I will take this advice to heart. In the meantime, I will continue making the composites from earlier photos and sky photography I have, to train my self in using PS and other software. You and Tony do great work. Glad i found you guys a while back.
A motivational speaker is born!😂😂!! Hit the road!! You'll be an overnight success! Seriously, I am grateful. Glad I stopped by. I always learn from you... thank you!
Great video Chelsea, there’s so much to say and your tips are right on. The only other thing I can think of is, find a way to share your images other than social media, especially if you are not a professional. Social media is designed for monetization and business. Dedicated groups like on Flickr can be good, but even then, printing your photos and showing them to people can be much more satisfying than waiting for random strangers to appreciate and “like” you photos. Someone, might have been Tony, once pointed out that even the greats probably wouldn’t have gotten many likes on their images. Social media is not a reliable indicator of quality because of the way the algorithms work.
Thank you Chelsea! Wonderful video. I really appreciate this video right now. In fact, for every part of being a creative. This is really powerful.
I've always had a challenge calling myself anything as the playing field is so wide. I can work with the thought that I am creating something I love every day. 🥰
I love your work. Especially how raw and real you are!
Once again, I’m so happy to have tuned in to one of your videos. You two have been so helpful to me over so many years. Thank you
Thanks Chelsea...wonderful talk. I very much appreciate your vulnerability and candidness. Keep doing what you do. Curt
I can't thank you enough for this.. I was losing motivation but I think you really helped me think of things in a whole different way. I've been way to critical and so hard on myself to the point that everything became distasteful.
I've went out last night to distract myself by being outside and do night long exposures. Tried to do a surreal looking one by having it bright as day but with startrails in the nightsky, because i've seen something like that and it turned out great, i even caught an iridium flare by pure luck. Super happy about that one
Chelsea by far the best video you have produced. It was vulnerable, real, and motivational. Thank you for restoring confidence to growth mindset photographers who struggle with self doubt. Mahalo for building us up. You are the best.
Thanks Chelsea,enjoyed your video puts everything into perspective ,I think once the enjoyment of grabbing that one photo and thinking it’s a keeper disappears it’s time to move on,I’m not overly talented as a photographer but I enjoy the photos I get and try to learn from each one I take thanks so much cheers
This was an excellent video. I am a fixed mindset. I won't take pictures of people because I don't want them to criticize me. This is so helpful. I don't share my pictures with anyone because of criticism. The weird thing is that I enjoy learning. Thank you so much for this perspective of being creative. You have given me great advice.
Thanks for your response.
What a great video for you to post Chelsea! Thank you immensely for conceiving of, creating and posting this kind of content. I wouldn't exactly say I suck at photography but I've only been at it with any regularity about four years, and only had a decent camera about a year and a half (Started out with a General Electric X2600 and now using a Canon EOS rebel T7). I'm nowhere close to making any money from my photography now but hope to someday. For now it provides me with some essentials like motivation to get off my butt and get some exercise, a sense of purpose in life while trying to survive on disability payments alone and a creative outlet which I've always recognized as a personal need of mine. I also enjoy the learning process.
Thanks for this, Chelsea! This is like a therapy session for free. I always wondered if I should change my equipment or if it would be a waste of money. But I also thought that I needed to learn first before I could invest on a good camera. I started with a superzoom (SONY H10) and after a lot of practice I started to work at National Geographic Brasil and published my first pictures in the magazine's website. It took me some time to buy my first DSLR. It was a canon rebel Xti that I paired with a 55-250mm and I stayed with it for a long, long time. I love nature photography, and as a reporter at National I was fortunate to talk with amazing Brazilian photographers that helped me to improve. I also watched a lot of videos on RUclips of wildlife and landscape photographers, camera gear, editing tutorials (You and Tony helped me a lot, thank you so much!). it took me 8 years to get money selling pictures so I could make the upgrade and buy the r6 and the 100-500mm (my dream's lens). I'm so happy with the evolution of my photography, but I'm also happy because there is a lot of room to improve. I love learning and talk about photography. The more I spend time on this, the more I love it. Thanks for everything. You and Tony are awesome!
Chelsea, thank you for the video. Sometimes one needs to hit the refresh button, this video gave me a refresh for the summer!
Chelsea, this is one of the best videos I've ever seen on the process of becoming a great photographer. Really. I appreciate the work and insight that went into this. Also, your heart for others comes through in the video, and these days that sure is nice.
I almost walked away from professional photography twice, once because of some really personal attacks on my question/work, and once because of a course tutor 'teaching' wedding photography, who was very much ' 'you have to take this particular photo' or 'you can't shoot weddings on your own' 'you have to use these albums ' but after a while I came to the conclusion that he isn't the arbiter of what a wedding photo is, so gradually I came back to it, and slowly rebuilt my confidence. (Then 2020 happened etc)
On a lighter note, I have been reviewing my 'sports' photography pictures, anything from sailing to Motorsport photos, I picked up photos I thought were totally ace at the time, (anything up to ten years ago) but now looking through them I keep thinking 'i can do so much better now I know so much more on what I'm doing' so I hope I'm more open minded than fixed, I'm soo self critical of my own work 😁
Thank you Chelsea. This is everything between wakeup call and inspiration. Gonna grab my camera today again.
There we go! This video is an example of why I started watching this channel way back in the day. Keep it up!
Great discussion. Could certainly apply this to many aspects of life.... Also, I think there's an in-between. People can be super-motivated to improve for a time but then maybe get frustrated or tired or whatever. I think a person can move between static and growth depending on circumstances.
Great and perfect video. I think this mindset can be used for everything photography included. Learning how to study and pass college, learning an instrument, actually just about anything that requires talent and learning a process
Awesome video! As a very late-starter to this wondeful hobby & with a very limited budget, I find myself very frustrated when comparing my 'amateurish' shots to others. Your video is a great reminder, that firstly, there is always room for improvement & that the journey in itself should be enjoyed. Secondly, it re-affirms that feeling discouraged & frustrated is part and parcel of this whole process, so Thank You for this bit of re-motivation.
This was a great video with a lot of helpful tips :)
Something I learned from my journey so far is that just because you enjoy looking at a particular style of photography doesn’t mean that you also enjoy it doing yourself.
I love landscape and woodland photography but I found that I don’t have the patience (yet) to scout for good locations and wait for that right moment so the light hits nicely.
What I really enjoy on the other hand is doing Macro-and Astrophotography (and of course also looking at them) It is so interesting to bring out details that are not clearly visible to the naked eye and in this I found my passion. I could spend hours in the forest to just look for tiny things or get out at midnight to see what is in the night sky (though my location isn’t the best to take Astro).
Thanks for this video Chelsea. I think I will start enjoying taking photos again after this. When I was shooting film of my kids and family ,I used to enjoy photography so much more. Now there is so much pressure for perfection, I'm always questioning my work. Thanks for reading.
Big Thank You Chelsea! U hit every single spot on what I'm thinking.......thanks for pointing us at the right path.
Very nice initiative in this video! It’s a very sensitive matter… I started to take photography seriously some 14 years ago, with a Sony Ericsson K500 Cybershot and then a Compact Sony Cybershot, then a Canon DSLR… till today. To be honest, I worked my way very hard, hours of reading and studying photo books and essays and practicing with my camera. Still, I am not Pro photographer, I am doing it because it’s the only personal thing that makes me happy, a refugee, an escape from routine. I am waiting all the week for that Saturday early morning to go out with my gear and shoot. Some times with 10 keepers, others with nothing! And I like it that way.
A couple of years ago (just before the pandemic) the Instagram “tide” did a heavy damage to my photography… I started to take photos for likes and more followers. I did it well. I even managed an increase of about 1200 followers in less than a year. Post after post I adjusted my style from landscape to travel and lifestyle photography, just to satisfy my “audience”. Then the GAS occurred also. I bought a newer camera body that it was (and still is) overkill for my needs (90D) and a pair of very expensive lenses (an L series 70-200 and… a Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/50)… before long I was getting sick and tired of everything! I hadn’t the ability of traveling because of the restrictions, my like count shrank and the followers didn’t increased as much as before. Finally, I took a long break from photography and reconsidered many things. Now I am back to my landscape photography, with my old paces and I love it again! I am still posting to Instagram but I don’t care for the general feedback anymore. I interact with a very small audience that shares my true interest and nothin more… I even choose to hide the like numbers entirely! The only positive from that story is the gear I bought. I decided to keep it and now I am putting it in good use. So, people, if you love photography (and you are not make a living from it)keep doing it for yourselves. If you feel the need for reward from someone else for your work, then maybe you must reconsider your priorities.
Thank you Chelsea - recently came out of a really long time away, was in a rut and the questioning that goes with it - just getting back into it (and life!) again. Really have enjoyed listening to yours and Tony's podcasts. Thank you both from the bottom of my heart🙂
Thank you. Really. I tend to be critical of both myself and the work of others and I think it's causing me grief, so many good antidotes in this video and you present them with an authenticity that I appreciate.
Thank you, Chelsea! You highlighted several points in such a short time. Excellent video that reveals you're an excellent teacher!
This has to be my absolute favorite video I’ve ever seen in this channel.
Thank you for making this video. It has made me rethink what I do. I was beginning to doubt myself. Feeling lost and getting a bit bored with photography. Like Tammy below due to health reasons, I could not take photos and my camera gear was neglected. Only recently, I am beginning to find my love for photography again. I wish to see that love again. Thank you so much.
Chelsea, I enjoy the humanity of the videos that you and Tony deliver to us. They are intelligently educational and thoughtful with a low-key style that I find very appealing. This video is compassionate and kind and very encouraging to all photographers - to all viewers, irrespective of whether they are photographers or not. I am hideously ancient having decided to turn an interest into a passion after at least one lifetime spent in a different profession. I suppose that I am mostly of a growth mindset which I take as an advantage. Boundless optimism convinces me that I have capability and talent and should persevere. Perfectionism means that I am constantly having to improve. I know perfection is unattainable, like the speed of light: I am on an asymptotic path which will always get closer but never arrive. I find much beauty in visual representation and am in awe of the works of great artists and photographers. Fortunately, I love learning and life is an eternal learning process. I am 70 and still learn something new every day. I sometimes have to kick myself over unforgivable errors. I was invited last year to take the photographs at the birthday of a one-year-old little girl. The day was dull and my eyes are as old as the rest of me. I failed to spot that my Nikon D850 had been left in 5-frame bracketing mode which immediately meant several shots were overexposed. Shooting in raw allowed recovery of some of the underexposed shots. Such a tragic mistake! A few days ago, I was invited to photograph the same little girl’s 2nd-year birthday. This time, I took my Nikon Z9 and it was again a cloudy day with changeable lighting. On my return home, I discovered that I had again left the camera in 5-frame bracketing!! I am going for third time lucky if they invite me back…
This is incredibly helpful.. not only for photography! Great content. Thank you!!
This is a brilliant posting. The title could just as easily have been, "My life sucks. Should I give up" Wisdom involves taking lessons from all aspects of one's life and applying them to the entirety of one's life. The more effective input we obtain from the positive aspects of our lives, the better we can apply the lessons derived from that input to other, or even all aspects of our lives. Great job, Chelsea!
I've been into photography and drawing /art since I was a child, I'm 59 now. Never wanted to be a professional but probably can. I do it only for myself and family. I've excell in my trade, metalwork and a business owner, employer. Looking forward to doing photography and art full time once I retire from my trade.
Good video, Chelsea. I think, like many photographers, if you're older, you are aware that time to learn is now very valuable. So you can become frustrated. You make good points and the fact that we are watching your video must indicate that we still have the desire to learn.
i d just done the most ambitious ”recovery” i ve attempted in order to try and get back on track after not doing photography for the better part of 2022. Posted a series of stories on instagram announcing i ll rent equipment and that i ll be out and about with my gear and taking portraits, over 20 people signed up, but in the end, only 6 showed up, making the whole thing basically worthless and a waste of time. really needed this speech so I don t immediately sell my personal gear lol
This is a brilliant and, frankly, inspiring video that applies not just to photography but life in general. I like the message and I'm going to play it for my Grandson who is struggling with things at the moment. Thankyou.
The story of the kids and the puzzles is very informative. There was some old article about Dan Rather, which I can't remember, but he had some young-age setback that made him determined to succeed. If you have an obstacle and learn how to overcome it, you feel more confident. There are many stories of people who succeeded because they wanted to prove themselves despite criticism from others. And yes, there are also stories of people (like actors) who had no training and just had natural talent. Sometimes not knowing "the rules" makes for unexpected success. The Beatles were told by Decca that "guitar groups were on their way out", yet later inspired the formation of thousands of guitar groups.
This is the most motivating RUclips video I’ve ever watched, thank you 👋❤️
I may not be the best but I take a lot of photos and one in about 1,000 is what I would call that killer photo. One that couldn’t be bettered. For that one, all the rest have just been a build up to that one. So the secret is to takes lots of photos and just keep trying and sure enough, the percentage of killer pics will improve over time.
Well, that’s the way I think about photography. I may not be the best, or even good, but if I keep practicing then the odds will get better.
Thanks for bringing up this really important point of the photography journey…..
Great video Chelsea! In fact it is one of the best you have produced. I am an 86 year old Electronic Engineer who has been shooting photos since I wad about 10 years old. I do not consider myself a professional photographer even though I have been running a photographic business since I retired my Engineering job at age 65. I have photographed jobs for many large companies as well as photographed many models over the years. I have no interest in being the very best photographer. I put my heart into every photo I take and do the best job I can do.
This is so motivational. Thank you so much for sharing this important word today. This goes way beyond just photography but most everything in life. Thank you so much Chelsea. Blessings to you both.
This is a sign, its like God is saying that son - ‘’you are doing good- keep on doing it what you like’’. From the morning till now i was just thinking why I’m not able to grow. Now i know why. Thankyou :)
I like going back to my very old photos. Sometimes it just takes a good crop or a fresh idea on how to edit the colours.
I think a key aspect is selfworth. Some have to hard feelings about their failure... You have to have the mantra "i am okay, i can do great stuff"... maybe you can not show that on every occasion maybe you even have a bad time and nothing seems to work out fine but you should never loose the opinion that you can do great stuff. Just learn from it. Your job was not great but you know you are able to do it better this is the only starting point you can work with. "My job was bad today but this is because i am talentless and i suck and i should stop doing what i used to love" is not a starting point for improvement it is straight up depression. It is a n actual symptom of depression, loosing the interest in something you loved. So yeah, only with a mindset that shields your emotions you can improve. Emotion destroys rationality and you absolutely need rational thought to get better in your craft. Learn to trust yourself, you are able to learn everything. Motivate yourself, be your own best friend
Thank you Chelsea..I am an hobby forever learning and growing photographer and I can see me and some of my friends into categories you mentioned..so true.!
Hello and thank you for what you do I appreciate that. I've been a photographer for a very long time. And a video maker as well. I struggle at trying to get a better shot than what I had last time when I shot the same type of subject. But I'm always thinking on how I can do better. Before a photo shoot I normally go to RUclips and check out what other people have done. By doing that it reinforces some of my own ideas. And it also opened me up to new ideas. But yes it's a struggle in both career field photography and video. But I can't give up. So thank you for what you do Chelsea.( I am Robbie Robinson the owner of CanDo Foto Video)
Thank you. I needed to hear this
This is great stuff; not just for photography, but for any skill with which you struggle. Thank you for this.
Thanks Chelsea! Id ague this is the Most important 15 minutes a photographer can hear, great stuff!
Great video! It's exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you 😊
Something I have found helpful is putting my images aside for a period of months then returning to them after a time to review them. Quite often I find that my "great" image is less great than I thought at the time. The reverse can be true. During the Covid lockdown I spent time digitising my slides and negatives of wildlife and landscapes, which I had not looked at for years. The result was initially quite depressing and demoralizing, not because the pictures were bad but that so many were so good. Taken with fully manual lenses with small maximum apertures some with the optical quality of the bottom of a milk bottle, I was amazed. Shocking that the thousands of dollars my current cameras have cost has not translated into vastly superior images.
Thx Chelsea, The perfect interpretacion of humanity, thx for all things you share with us, big hugs from România!
I am struggling also, maybe just just the brightness of summer. I am trying something completely out of my wheelhouse (up until now)...Still Life !
Thank you for this video Chelsea. It's spot on and very helpful. I love taking photos, learning new techniques, and participating in a couple photo groups so I can interact with people and grow as a photographer. Mostly, I love looking at other photographers work and understand how they achieved that image. I'm giving a lot of thought to the points you've made and work on improvements. Thanks again.
Great presentation easily applied to your job, etc. The joruney's about the learning process.
Don't let other photographers discourage you, but be inspired by them!
Thank you! Such an important topic and I love how you explained everything. I am a mix of both mindsets, but when I was younger I definitely recognize myself as the fixed mindset. But now I am growth mindset and recognize that growth and learning is how we improve. Great video.
Thank you Chelsea! This was very motivational, and a good prompt to regularly take stock of our own attitudes, see what makes us happy and what we can do not to bring ourselves down. I think this is one of your best videos!
First off, you had me at ADHD a few months ago. I've been "here" for a while, (mentally). I'm reminded of a Kobe Bryant quote, "I was born with talent, but worked as if I had none."
thanks so much, chelsea. your video has made me look at myself and realize where I need to improve.
Chelsea, you rock! I love your message. Thank you for sharing your talent and perspective.
Great video and message. This really applies to pretty much everything. I’m currently reading “Grit” by Angela Duckworth which focuses on the idea that more people succeed because they keep at it more so than having a natural gift.
Just about the mindset. As a teacher in Canada we have to attend a 2 year program after our undergraduate degree for teacher training. Growth mindset is the biggest thing they teach us on how to approach teaching children. If you learn nothing else, approach teaching with a growth mindset, we are taught on how to redirect children when they learn to deal with failure. However, I constantly struggle with a fixed mindset, funny how we teach kids important things yet fail to do them ourselves (kindness, generosity, friendliness)
A very good video, touching on a lot of my own concerns. Thank you.
Thank you Chelsea!!! I really needed that, I left photography on the back burner, even tho i'm not a professional I always tried to perfect my craft... last 2~3 years tho ever since rona I had to prioritise other aspects of my life. And now I kind of feel that i've lost that "touch", my "touch" I had before and i have been very scared to edit some friends' photos i took recently as they might not like them enough but ill try to get them done, and even if i fail i'll try them again, fresh. I've always been one to edit a picture at least 4 5 times but recently i kind of stopped doing it as it takes too much time, maybe ill try that again, as what i liked in that before is every edit brings a different feel to the end result... i'm gonna try to get back to that even tho its harder, its better than nothing at all, right 😅
I was always reluctant to pick up photography, because I never considered myself creative. I didn't think of myself as having photographic talent or "the eye." But, as I learned more about photography and the technical side of it it allowed me to be creative with it in my own way.
I just bought my first camera 2 months ago for a grand canyon trip . We went to eagle rock and I was amazed by how much better a camera is than my phone. They're not perfect but I'm investing in this art form. I bought a couple of your books and my fiance and I are working to open a business
Thank you, Chelsea.
Great video Chelsea. I use other photographers to inspire me to take better pictures. I admire those who have their own style. But I try to not let that define me as a photographer.
I have been doing photography since the 1970s. My son got cancer in 1996 and I stopped working while he went through chemotherapy. When I finally got back to photography, I had lost the 'eye'. I am doing other thing while I try to get it back. I am enjoying nature and scenic for the moment. I just returned from Ireland.
Such a good video, exactly what I needed to hear. You Rock!
Excellent Chelsea! I loved your delivery and wonderful information you provided. So motivational!
I love the way you encourage people! with your advice in mind I notice that over the years I have seen videos from you that were as informative, entertaining, inspiring as they were ...regrettably ...rare! May I tentatively point out an area of "Chelsea growth" in which you explore your individual perspectives and approaches? Besides utterly selfish reasons I think that would go hand in glove with the way Tony and you approach gear and techniques with two pairs of eyes! I think, if we follow you a bit closer in videos like this one, or the one you made about Lensbaby a few years ago, that approach to "see things through the eyes of two photographers could become even more pronounced.
I go through both mindsets and it can be frustrating trying to keep the perfectionist in me from going overboard.
I have before but I always remind myself that I gotta stay with this and I have to stay on my grind! No matter what 💯✊🏾