None of the encouraging comments you receive from the talented artists at workshops and portfolio reviews constitute critical acclaim. (Of course, you can market them as such.) Nevertheless, such comments can give you a warm, fuzzy feeling for a job well done, and can be very valuable in focusing and improving your work.
I would suggest you just continue taking pictures and in the fullness of time your ambition may be achieved.
This is terrific advice and pretty much what I'd say, conscisely, as well.
Do what you love. You've got your day job to take care of money. Which means you are free to pursue your passion - chase it relentlessly and apply the same work ethic towards it as you would if you were relying on it for income...work hard and do your very best to produce work you are proud of.
Have faith that the rest will come, and you'll recognize it.
OMG....what is the deal sir?
I get the feeling you just want to brawl on the internet so honestly, unless you put up some links to who you are, show some images, anything that establishes you beyond a person with "berries", I gotta be done bud!
Ad hominem attacks do not lend weight to your opinions. To the contrary.
Good luck to the OP in his quest to expand his horizons!
Hello,
It felt that the more dead weight from my life that I threw overboard, the faster the ship went. I have and will continue to dedicate myself to photography regardless of where it takes me because the love I have for this medium takes a back seat to almost nothing outside of my family.
I find it difficult to decide where I want to go as a photographer from here...
how does one know they are ready to move on and by what metric is that measured by? Also what would a natural path from here be for me, if there is a such thing as one?
There is, in some ways sadly, no universal roadmap to photography. There are no milestones that we are all guaranteed to check off a list while working through photography. And photography is not readily shoehorned into singular definitions that apply to all peoples when you begin to closely examine the subject.
For some it is a career, for others it is a hobby. For some it is a passion and lifestyle that really doesn't fit well when defined as either career or hobby.
I would suggest that you sit back and reflect on what photography truly is to you and how it fits within your life. What drives your desire to be involved? What do you gain energy from? What interests and excites you?
What have you done, and what are some things that you haven't done yet?
Think about new tools and techniques, or even places, that you haven't experienced yet, and ask yourself if any of them resonate with your mind.
Does a challenge interest you? Is there something that you can push the boundaries of what you've been able to do that you feel inspired by? Is there some method of subject that the idea of refining your body of work even more excites you? Or something new that you haven't done before? New subject matter, new locations, new styles or a look and feel that you've not gone after before?
Many years ago, I asked a successful professional photographer friend "do you think I could make a living doing micro and macro photography?" He answered: if you are interested enough and like doing that work enough, you will find a way to make a living at it. Over the years I have found that he was correct no matter what endeavor you take up.........Regards!
If your website is the link in the OP, it is poor. I could not see any of your photos. Get a site that is easy to use and load.
You made a good list of things to do in your OP, just keep at it.
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