Comments on: Photography business: Stay aware. http://www.photogshootout.com/blog/2010/01/12/photography-business-stay-aware/ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:47:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Philadelphia Wedding Photographer http://www.photogshootout.com/blog/2010/01/12/photography-business-stay-aware/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Philadelphia Wedding Photographer Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:29:38 +0000 http://www.photogshootout.com/blog/?p=186#comment-57 I've seen this video a few years and never thought of it this way. It's a very refreshing analogy! I feel the same way. It's so easy to just look so close that you just might miss the elephant, especially in this digital day and age where the content is mostly what we work on. It's very important to stand back and look at the whole canvas every now and then. I personally live on lists and try to schedule all the pieces of the puzzle, be it marketing, research, general art direction, client communications or just pixels in photoshop. To everyone out there, my advice is plan ahead, set attainable goals and make time for yourself as to a lot of people out there the line between work and home is nonexistent. Thanks for the post! I’ve seen this video a few years and never thought of it this way. It’s a very refreshing analogy! I feel the same way. It’s so easy to just look so close that you just might miss the elephant, especially in this digital day and age where the content is mostly what we work on. It’s very important to stand back and look at the whole canvas every now and then. I personally live on lists and try to schedule all the pieces of the puzzle, be it marketing, research, general art direction, client communications or just pixels in photoshop. To everyone out there, my advice is plan ahead, set attainable goals and make time for yourself as to a lot of people out there the line between work and home is nonexistent.

Thanks for the post!

]]> By: Brett Jarnagin http://www.photogshootout.com/blog/2010/01/12/photography-business-stay-aware/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Brett Jarnagin Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:03:48 +0000 http://www.photogshootout.com/blog/?p=186#comment-56 The funny thing is that I read this before watching the video. So knowing that there was a moonwalking bear, I tried to count the passes and still see the bear. I got the passes right and still missed the bear! Relating that back to what you said about photography, I think we should focus on achieving one goal at a time and if another opportunity clearly (come on that bear was pitch black and the shot was dimly lit, haha) presents itself, sometimes it is best to let ourselves get distracted. The funny thing is that I read this before watching the video. So knowing that there was a moonwalking bear, I tried to count the passes and still see the bear. I got the passes right and still missed the bear!

Relating that back to what you said about photography, I think we should focus on achieving one goal at a time and if another opportunity clearly (come on that bear was pitch black and the shot was dimly lit, haha) presents itself, sometimes it is best to let ourselves get distracted.

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