Do you know how to load a roll of film?
Work a light meter?
Edit slides on a light table?
Scan film?
Color correct scans?
Track a photo inventory?
Submit photos to clients?
Work with a stock agency?
Make prints?
Pack a camera bag?
Ship equipment?
Set up lights?
Scout a location?
Drive on the left side of the road?
Order food in French?
Clean a digital sensor?
Work in Photoshop?
Create a workflow?
Edit a Portfolio?
Build a creative brief?
Create a composite image?
Shoot from a helicopter?
Work 30 days straight (with a hangover)?
Use a prototype camera?
Shoot and edit video?
Manage a huge equipment inventory?
Develop filters for a photo app?
Layout a book?
Film a TV show?
Write a magazine article?
Build a community?
Hang an art installation?
Survive in Manhattan?
Film a Live broadcast?
Write a blog post?
I didn’t. When I started working in photography as Chase’s assistant, I was a blank slate. I like to think I still am. Many of these skills have become obsolete. Others did not even exist when I started. Knowing how to do everything is not the goal. Knowing that you can learn is everything.
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We all start somewhere, right? I don’t think anyone without a will to learn is going to make it far in any profession. Did Chase know how to do all these things when he started? Great post Scott!
I am not a photographer. In fact I have just got my first ‘real’ camera the Cannon Rebel 2Ti. I know nothing. I hardly know how to hold the darn thing. But “I Can Learn”. I love this. Despite the long list, it’s hugely encouraging! Thank you.
I did work in Jamaica in the August heat for 31 days with one day off in the middle. I got really bad jungle rot/monkey butt and got all but the pair of underwear I had on stolen. Yes someone stole my draws after sweating in the for 12 hours.
All the film, metering and everything else I learned on the go and now I got about 50 pairs of underwear no joke.
Work hard. Learn hard. Shoot well.