As photographers we should always learn to break our barriers and explore beyond our own imaginations to achieve a result that exceeds our expectations. We should always remember to first please ourselves with the images that we take and then, the rest of the world.
Achieving a new result for ourselves can be tedious at times, mainly because we tend to photograph the same scenery, with the same lens, the same perspective, but we should never be dissapointed because those will be some days, others will be better, others may be worse.
But there will come a time that we will all want to try something new and that's where we improve and become happier and happier with our images. We all have that moment where we look back at our old photos and make fun of ourselves because of the way we used to think and execute our art, and that shows great improvement,so give yourself a hug, because thanks to you and your practise, you've become much better at something that you love.
I think of it like this: As a photographer, you are given one frame to catch thousands of things happening around you at the same time, you get to pick and choose wich makes you more impressed and capture it with your lens. We are given so many options, and all of us find something different fascinating, that's why we could all be at the same place, at the exact same time and take two completely different photographs. That's what i love about our community and photography in general.
We take a frame of a wich may never be tha same again, we cherish moments,we create art,we share the beaty of our world with the rest of the planet. That is now part of our lives, our memories, our legacy. We are so lucky to be born at a time where we can take as many pictures as our hearts desire and the only limiting factors are our imaginations and SD Cards.
I still remember the first time my relatives were so proud of my work that printed one of my photos to be in their living room because it made them feel more cosy and nice.
Life is quite small, make sure you photograph as much as you can, believe me, you will love these memories in the future