LocalNavy433 Photography

Hello how the hell are you? If this is your first time here thanks for stopping by.  In this blog we are going to have a talk about how gear for photography can hold you back when out shooting.  The whole reason for this is because I have been wondering what has been wrong with my photography lately and I referred back to what would make things better for me in the past.  In the past I was able to post an image on social media and people would want to buy a print.  This would give me the money to buy new gear without having to take it out of my bill money.  You see I got addicted to being able to get a new lens (after selling several images) to help me get a better image.  

After moving to a new area I have to rebuild my brand and how I get money from my images.  The places that I am posting now the people are not used to seeing my work so I have to focus on getting my name out there as a good photographer again.  It is kind of like starting my photographic Joureny all over again.  This is allowing me to focus on taking the photos more than I was in the past.  I also feel better about the images that I am producing now because I have to focus on how I take the image more rather than what kind of gear I could get to make my images better.  You see I don’t think that it about making my images better I think it was about being able to buy the newer gear that I was loving.  The fact is when I would get a new lens I was so happy that I was able to get it that I would relish the new experience of shooting with it.  My images still looked the same so was I really gaining anything from that newer lens.  The short answer reflecting back was it simply I was getting a dopamine hit that was making me happier. 

The long answer is to say the least is I was getting the dopamine hit in short bursts which was making me feel that I needed to keep getting newer and newer gear to make me better.  Now that I have had the time to reflect and see where I went wrong I can now start to focus more on getting in touch with my inner photographer and get back to seeing more images.  I lost touch with my inner photographer due to all the dopamine hits that I was getting from using the newer gear.  Now that I am unable to buy newer after selling prints I am so much happier with how my images look.  

Yes, it has taken me a long time to get to this point but I am loving the feeling that I am getting with this mindset.  One thing that my wife is always telling me to be in the right mindset if you want things to workout for you and for the last three months I was not in the right mindset.  As I move forward with my photography I am going to start letting my gut tell me what makes a good image rather than using the technical know how to get an image.  I am still going to be using the technical aspect for getting my images but it is not going to run my photographic mindset.  I hope this will help anyone that is just starting out and thinking that they need to have the latest and greats gear to achieve getting good results with your images.  I am here to say that you only need the “eye” to see the image the technical know how will come with time.  Being able to see the image is the first step in photography in my opinion.  Enjoy from St. Johns AZ y’all.