Recently stumbled upon an old dps post that was a good reminder:
“7 Steps to Becoming a Confident Photographer: A Beginners Guide”
The 7 Steps Natalie identifies are:
1. Keep a Notebook
2. Shoot frequently
3. Shoot in different conditions
4. Set Goals
5. Read
6. Ask Questions
7. Change Your Perspective
Go read the entire post 🙂 Its an inspirational find!
My biggest tip for confidence? Aside from the essentials of practice-practice-practice, and expose yourself to great work of others for inspiration?
BE POSITIVE.
Please join the discussion!
What do YOU do to build your confidence?
Brooke Snow is a Lifestyle photographer in Cache Valley, Utah. Being positive is her mantra, but all good things require exerted effort. Its hard to be positive when you’re overwhelmed, behind, imbalanced, sick, hungry, tired, overworked, and meet with life’s challenges. But… though the effort is tough at times– it is worth the cost. And eating some lunch and taking a nap always works wonders 🙂
Brooke teaches private photography lessons , online photography classes, as well as seasonal photography classes in Logan, Utah.
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Take ANY of Brooke’s classes!! Great way to become a confident photographer! She is the best. And of course PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. I like the stay positive comments, this is also very important and something I need to work on.
Awww! Thank you Marilyn! That is one of my main goals as a teacher is to help photographers find confidence! So happy to know the classes have helped! Mission accomplished! You’re the best!
Good stuff brooke! Love the site!
Good stuff Brooke! Love the site!
I think I’m going to print this out and hang it in my office. Thank you, Brooke, for all your help and positivity. You are one of a kind!
Thanks Kerry! I think I need to print it out too 🙂 I sort of need a reminder ALL THE TIME about this great stuff… especially when life is crazy!
Great suggestions – definitely ones to keep in mind
So true about the reminders….this has been sent to my printer!
Totally agree, Brooke! Definitely will be checking this list out a lot!
I realize that I’m pretty late to the game here. I’ve found a couple of really key points that have helped me improve. 1. Do a post-mortem of your shoots, figure out what went right and what went wrong. Figure out how to keep the good and fix the bad. Do NOT spend too much time on the bad, this is not a beat-yourself-up session. 2. Chocolate… just kidding… well not really. Find something that makes you feel good, then use that thing while editing. You edit better when you’re in a good mood. For me that means eating chocolate while editing. Is it healthy.. NO. Does it work.. YES.
I’d be even more specific Vince… NUTELLA. I couldn’t live without it. Best chocolate spread in the world 🙂
Nutella is pretty awesome. Currently I’m on a Ghiradelli 60% dark chocolate kick, just the right amount of bitter… eating some right now 🙂
aah. you can never go wrong with dark chocolate.
Great article, thank you for sharing, I will check back soon for more posts.
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