I mean this story in the least offensive way possible.
That can’t be a good way to start a post on a wedding blog. Really. But you all know what I’m talking about. You’ve all met one of those really skinny girls who they’re their fat. You kind of hate them, just a little. Especially when they say to you, who is at least 3 pant sizes bigger, “No, girl, you look so good! You have a great body.” Yeah, we’ve all met those kind of people. And it wasn’t until my buddy Taylor told me I was being like that. Like the skinny girl.
You see, sometimes I get in this bad habit of looking at one too many photography blogs. It doesn’t happen very often, but once in a while I get carried away. Like I snowball blog jump… And I honestly, it doesn’t leave me feeling excited about photography. I get discouraged. I can’t help but focus on the negatives. I start thinking how much cooler these photographers are. How many neat things they’re doing. How much they’re published. How fabulous their technical skills are. And it’s like I can’t see the light.
I was telling this to my buddy Taylor and that’s when told me to shut up and that I was acting like a skinny girl who thinks she’s fat. Yeah. I wasn’t exactly encouraged at first, but then he explained and I was flattered.
Needless to say, I tell you this story because it’s so easy to compare ourselves to others. And really, that gets you NOWHERE. The best thing you can do, at least that I’ve found, is to throw all those discouraged feelings out the window, grab your camera, and start shooting. Doesn’t matter. Just start. Try something new. Experiment. And through that process, you’ll end up making things that you’re really proud of. And when you’re really, honestly proud of your work, you don’t care what the Jonses are doing. Just what you’re doing.
And that’s exactly what I did the other day. I called Jes and I said, “We’re creating something tonight. Put on your fake eyelashes.”
:-)
And this is what we came up with:
