For New Wedding Photographers.

There will always be someone better than you.

There will always be someone not as good as you.

There will be people that look to you for inspiration and ideas.

There will be people who don’t know you, don’t care to know about you, will never know you, or that know you but completely ignore you.

There will be quiet observers who admire your work but say nothing. Ever.

As a creative, should any of these people actually matter in our process?

If the validation is what gets you up to create, are you creating for you, or for the dopamine hit when you see a heart beside your latest post.

If you make something, post it, and get no response, does that really mean it’s not good?

If you were to close your Instagram account or at least never post there again, could you keep creating just for you (or clients if you have any)?

Could you go a week, a month, a year without telling anyone about your work?