If you wait around to read the email when it pours into your inbox, will you ever have time to take pictures?
How many ideas will you miss by chasing the next best thing rather than finishing the project you’ve already started?
If you continue taking those crappy gigs that generate dogpoop looking photos or films, will you ever have time to create the ones you want?
What is the cost of doing things that your industry says are “normal”?
How many pictures will you let pass you by if you wait till you get a better camera, better lights, or better vision?
If you do what your teacher tells you to do without pushing the boundaries of photo school, will your work look just like everybody’s in your class?
How old will you be when you finally quit your day job because it sucks?
When was the last time you …created an uninterrupted day for yourself to do the things that you wanted to do, rather than attended to “obligations” that weren’t really obligations at all?
It’s great to please the world. To be a citizen, to answer the phone, to go out of your way, to… to…. to… But every once in a while, it’s healthy to do things on your own terms. Take a break from reacting and choose your own adventure this weekend.
Well put; questions we should constantly ask ourselves.
Chase, your outlook on life is inspiring. I strictly follow one of the philosophies you shared with us in Toronto: “If you’re deciding whether ‘to go’ or ‘not go’, choose GO!” This simple advice has given me many great experiences when I otherwise would have chose to stay put.
awesomeness.
william: im not saying become a photographer. i’m saying quit your day job that sucks and pursue whatever it is that you love doing that can make you a happy person. if that’s photography, great. if it’s as a car mechanic, great. and if you’re not that person because you’ve already quit your crappy day job, then kudos to you. that line in the post wasn’t then aiming your way…
congrats jonny. i’ll spread the word of your success if you help spread the word that I’m not crazy 😉