Lost But Found
Yeah i was lost, but i was Found.
As a creative photographer, you can be lost is the sphere of what kind of photographer u want to become. I started as a portrait photographer, then i moved to becoming a fashion photographer, i couldn't settle because my mind was open to try new things and finally i moved to Wedding photography. before i knew it i have travelled across different faces of photography, actually i added Videography to my feather at a time: Am a confused man- yeah i know.
However all the experiences paid off when i had a focus but the truth remains; if i had concentrated on one or two genre of photography i would have become a master faster than i actually did
I tried all these faces in search of my true self but the sad news was i lost myself as i become "average" across board.
There were so many reasons why a creative mind will roam- some of these points are but not limited to:
- Lack of mentorship When i started early in life i had no Mentor i had no one am tailoring my career life after. This singular reason left me wide open to the cold of the western desert. But now i have people or list of individuals that shoot what i have always dreamt of shooting: ClayCook, Gazemadu
- Money As a young photography i wanted to have all the money flashed and flaunted in front of me. Come with a Video deal i will jump on it, come with photography deal am in. The strive to make all the money made me do more and gain less; the definition of poverty can’t be closer than that. I was poor, until I made that decision to be a master on a particular field thenI became who i am today (am not very rich above help yet: I don’t know who might read this ...lol ). Money is important, multiple stream of income is important. Yes, i know but u don’t become wealthy by doing everything.
3. Too many raw Talent
Yeah, we have so many raw talents, we are average to so many things that we wish to develop all at once. It’s a very wrong approach to development: yes I know you might want to multitask, but the adage that says “ a master of all trades is a master of non” is not fairy tale. Build yourself one step at a time and find where your strength lies.