Tag: criticism
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How to Love Your Haters
Read as a Google Doc or download as PDF. — Dear Ming, I wanted to write you this letter regarding all the trolls and “haters” you have been getting over on your blog. I have a lot of advice for you– advice that has helped me deal with all the negativity on the internet. None…
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The Only Way to Become Indifferent to Criticism: Become Indifferent to Praise as Well
I love attention. I hate criticism and negativity. I want everybody to love me, to love my photography, and my writing. Contrary to popular belief, I actually have very thin skin when it comes to criticism. I pour my heart and soul into my work— whether that is my blogging, my photography, or teaching. But…
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How to Overcome Self-Criticism in Street Photography
I think in photography it is good to have some self-criticism. If you want to be the best photographer you possibly can, you want to be more discerning about your images. You want to produce better work. You want to see the extent of your limits. But every once in a while we get a…
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“Letters from a Street Photographer” #2: How to Deal with Negative Criticism (Part 1/2)
For this chapter in my on-going “Letters from a Street Photographer” book, I wanted to write a topic that I am very familiar with– how to deal with negative criticism (and thrive and benefit from it). For those of you who have followed me and my blog for a while– you will know that I…
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On Criticism and Street Photography
Photos in this article are from my Gallo Boxing Series in Michigan. You can see all the GoPro POV videos on YouTube here. “To try to please everybody is to please nobody” – Publilius Syrus For those of you who follow my blog (or even worse, my YouTube channel) know that I have a lot…