However... we also know what we will see and hear and that will be commercials about going to the gym! Thankfully that wont last long either. Kind of like how most New Year Resolutions don't last long for people. I guess it all comes down to advertising and the sooner you start advertising the more profits that can be made. Gotta get em while you can.
I believe that if you have a good product, name or reputation that slow and steady will win the race. I guess that is how I feel about the work I have done over the past almost 10 years now online building my name and reputation as a photographer and artist. Back when I began showing my first works online I knew I had so much yet to learn and a long road ahead of me but I would just keep trudging along and day by day I knew that I would one day be where I wanted to be.
Am I there yet? lol. Well.. in many ways yes and in many ways no. When will I feel I have "made it"... God only knows. How does one really know they are a good photographer? I guess its based on your peers and recognition from the photography sites you are on as well as the comments you receive. Entering photography challenges and contests and winning is another good way to know. For example... I just had an image of mine chosen to be printed in a photo exhibition in Amsterdam in early December. My photo was one of 40 chosen to be displayed in print. I would say that qualifies as a photographer who has "made it".
I took this photo while in the UK in November of 2016 in York England while on a photographic journey through Scotland and England with my husband and photographer, Bob Blankenship. I typically do not take photos of urban scenery but that day there was so much to see that I just kept clicking my camera... good thing I did! I entered the challenge thinking to myself that I had a few "good shots" to enter so why not just enter them. I never would of believed in a hundred years that my photo would be one of the 40 printed out of like 37,500+ images entered into the challenge!! But.. it was!!
So would you like to see which image was chosen for the Urban Scenery Exhibition in Amsterdam last month? Just click on the photo below!
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| York CitySightSeeing by Julie Everhart |
Click the link to see them talking about my image here. In this image you can see my photo displayed on the wall next to where it reads Urban Scenery. And the best for last can be found HERE in the first photo on the page. The guy in the photo is looking directly at my photo...:)
I would have to say that the highlight of 2017 for me was having my photo printed in an exhibition. I can only hope that in 2018 the best is yet to come.
Keep those cameras clicking! ( you never know what that shot might be worth)
Julie
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