{"id":71888,"date":"2017-12-04T09:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=71888"},"modified":"2017-12-03T07:45:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T15:45:54","slug":"learn-from-the-masters-of-photography-embrace-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/04\/learn-from-the-masters-of-photography-embrace-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn From the Masters of Photography: Embrace Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Embrace failure. Spread from MASTERS<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How can you use failure to drive you forward, rather than hold you back?<\/p>\n

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\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Luck – or perhaps serendipity – plays a big role… But you never know what is going to happen. And what is most exciting is when the utterly unexpected happens, and you manage to be there at the right place at the right time – and push the shutter at the right moment. Most of the time it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work out that way. Street photography is 99.9% about failure.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Alex Webb<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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LEARN FROM THE MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY<\/a><\/h2>\n
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LEARN FROM THE MASTERS by HAPTIC<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Timeless wisdom from the masters of street photography.<\/p>\n

Learn more about MASTERS ><\/a><\/p>\n

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Photography as risk taking<\/h2>\n

Every time you click the shutter, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re taking a risk. A risk of making a bad photo. A risk of upsetting someone in street photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n But, the more risks you take, the more likely you are to succeed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is an entrepreneurial<\/a> principle too \u00e2\u20ac\u201d don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be afraid of risk. Rather, see it as an iterative process. Each time you take a small risk, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see the feedback as failure. See the feedback as information, that can empower you.<\/p>\n

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Silhouette of Cindy. Prague, 2017 #cindyproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Embrace failure, let failure not be a scary word. Empower yourself by not shrinking from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153failure\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

In Silicon Valley, there is a concept of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fail forward<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d each time you \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fail\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re learning, growing, and driving yourself forward.<\/p>\n

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Ask yourself:<\/p>\n

\n Am I afraid of failure?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If so, what do you really fear?<\/p>\n

Do you fear negative social stigma from failure? Or do you fear becoming bankrupt, and dying on the streets homeless and hungry?<\/p>\n

Are your fears of failure real, rational, and really that bad?<\/p>\n

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To take better photos,<\/p>\n

\n Fail More.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Consider, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve taken 1,000 pictures \u00e2\u20ac\u201d aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you bound to get at least one good picture? You might need to fail 999 tunes before you succeed with one good photo.<\/p>\n

So, perhaps the secret is this:<\/p>\n

\n Seek to fail 1,000 times with your photos.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shitty photo assignment<\/h2>\n

As an assignment: take 1,000 bad photos \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and intentionally try to take really bad photos.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then if you end up shooting a lot of shit, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re bound to get a few good ones (Trent Parke<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Fail forward in your photography.<\/p>\n

ERIC<\/p>\n

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