Wow! I love how well your emotions are portrayed and captured in these images - the lighting and colouring absolutely amplify the raw emotion!
I can totally relate! I must say though, I am beginning to feel that Steemit is a safe place to share one's work - whether or not it earns a lot of rewards.
I heard Oliver DeMille speak about education and picked up this snippet of inspiration from him: "Every person you have ever met, every person you will ever meet in your entire life has genius inside." He talks about this "genius" being unique to the individual..
So think about it, you are the only you that has had the combination of experiences, challenges, failures and triumphs that you have had. All these things create a very unique lens through which you see the world. Your own genius. The more we bury our own unique genius with fear and these negative voices in our heads, the less we are able to serve the world. Oliver suggests that it is our duty to "develop and use that genius to serve in the world" -ours and that of others! Only your combination of experiences and lessons can draw the connections that you draw :)
Your contests definitely encourage people to develop their genius! And yours too! Keep steeming so beautifully - you are making a difference! And Share, Share, SHARE your work! I love your images - they inspire me to work on my photography!
This is awesome. I am glad that you feel that I am making a difference. That was my goal when I created my contest. I wanted to have a way to reward people all over the world here on Steemit no matter what their skill level in photography was and I was hoping to get people to go out and shoot more to improve their skills. Photography has changed my life and I just want others to experience has awesome it can be for them as well.
It’s a beautiful medium to do so! Steem on!