I think to be a creative kind of person, there is a certain level of mercilessness required. At least, if you want to be the type of creative person who learns and grows. And when I say mercilessness, I certainly don’t advocate being merciless toward others.

Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/merciless/ 

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I’ve found that this is very true throughout my career. There are lots of reasons to be doubtful, reasons that, if you let them, will stop your creative pursuits before you get underway.

It starts with the dive into photography itself. You may feel like you are not artistic enough to become an artist or the very thought of learning all of the things that you will one day need to know might seem overwhelming. Then, as you progress, it can be challenging to work up the courage to display your images, to ask for constructive criticism. Photos might languish in a folder on your computer simply because you don’t have the confidence to do much else with them...

Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/overcoming-lack-confidence-photography/ 

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Second chances can be powerful, especially in places we think we know well. Revisiting familiar spots, where all the obvious photos have already been taken, presents a unique creative challenge. It pushes us to look deeper, finding fresh perspectives and capturing what’s truly unusual. That’s why I believe in going back to those well-trodden places—it’s an opportunity to see them in a new light.

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What are our motivations for making photographs? If you ask around, among friends and neighbors, you’ll quickly find that many photographers harbor dreams of making money or becoming known for their art. But are those the right reasons for creating photographs?

Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/why-do-we-make-photographs/ 

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Art always seems like such a planned event. It’s a production. We think about our ideas, we jot them down, we plan and plan for how we can take the perfect photograph. Then comes the day when we actually set out to take that photograph — that, too is a production. It’s often a long trip laid out on maps, organized through lists of gear that we check twice before we depart, and so on...

Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/letting-art-happen/ 

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We’ve all heard that old saying, “There’s no accounting for taste.” There’s so much truth to that. Tastes vary so much from one person to the next that no matter what, there is no one right answer that will satisfy absolutely everyone. That puts photographers in something of a conundrum. Of course, we want to produce photographs that people will love. But we can never guarantee that these images will be broadly loved because there’s just no accounting for taste.

Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/personal-aesthetics/ 

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Gear wishlists. We all have them, and they’re often quite extensive. Filters, lenses, new camera bodies, lighting equipment, computers, and software — some of our wishlists are extensive!

But is any of this stuff really necessary?

Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/forget-about-gear/ 

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Something is interesting about photography that you may not have noticed before. And it’s one of those things, just like the perfect composition, that you can’t “unsee” it once you see it. Have you ever noticed that the overwhelming majority of photographs — almost all, if not all — neatly fit into one of a few niches? We have genres like landscape, abstract, portraiture, urbex photography, nature photography, wildlife, etc. There are lots and lots of different categories, but when you compare the number of well-known categories to the millions of photographs created each day, it’s actually quite shocking that 99%, if not more, of these millions of photographs, can all fit into one of these genres. Really, looking at it another way, it’s actually extraordinarily difficult to find a photograph that doesn’t fit within one or more genres.

Isn’t that interesting? Here we are, all of us attempting to create unique works of art, but yet, all of our works are easily classified along with the works of everyone else...

Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/broadening-your-horizons 

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Art really is timeless—and that is true across all mediums, be it photography, sculpture or something like literature or movies. To see what I mean about the timeless nature of art, look no further than books. Here, you’ll find works that could be a century old, two centuries, or perhaps even older than that. And yet, we still read them today and get value from them...

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There is a lot of information on how to plan shot lists or choose gear for photography projects, but what about the creative side of planning? Here are some thoughts that may help you!

Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/tips-for-planning-a-photography-project/

We all have lots of old ideas laying around in the form of handwritten notes or archives. Here are some thoughts that may help you use some of those ideas in your photography.

Podcast notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/working-with-the-ideas-youve-already-had/