Would you ever avoid showing an image you enjoy because you think people may not understand your story?

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Audrey Woulard · Answer

The question is, would you ever avoid showing an image you enjoy because you think people may not understand your story? The answer for that for me is no. And here's why. Because the work that I create is coming from me and me only. And if I like it, the people that hire me, my portrait clients, then they will like it as well. It's my job to create images that I love. And hopefully the people who hire me will love them as well. Now here's the thing. When a client does hire me, it's up to me to kind of figure out, you know, how to tell their story, but it's always going to come through my lens. So it's always going to be like my eye, if that makes any sense. So from there, the client will kind of always understand my story. The part that gets a little murky is when you showcase the work to the masses, people who did not hire you. So they may not understand your story. And guess what? They're probably not meant to understand your story. And what I think all of us should think, you know, you know, what I think people or photographers should always understand that you are not for everybody. And when you learn that you are not for everybody, the confidence in yourself and your work will grow tremendously. And when that confidence grows, I think the work gets better and better. Hope that helps.

Matthew Jordan Smith · Answer

Would I ever avoid showing an image? I enjoyed because I think people may not understand my story. Well, here's the thing, I think that you must show your images that you enjoy period because there will always be somebody who understands your your vision and your story. Likewise, they will always be people who do not understand your image, but that doesn't matter. You can't please everybody. Buddy and you should not try. I think it's very important for you to understand that you have a voice that voice is very important and your audience will understand your images. Your story, you just have to be bold enough to put it out there so don't hold back. I think I made that mistake in the beginning of my career I put images I thought people would not like or my wall but in show them and then one day my agent came to my place and New York and saw the Emerson said, whose work is that? And I said it's mine and they took the the work, put it in my portfolio, long story, short end up getting campaigns, not just one but several campaigns based off of that image and those images and people love them but I thought that nobody would get it and it was just for me. So don't overthink it show the work that you love you be surprised everyone will

Tony Sweet · Answer

The question is, would you ever avoid showing an image you enjoy? Because you think people may not understand your story? Well, no, I showed I want to show and you can't, please everyone. And, and the image will find its audience those who, like, it will like it. And those who won't won't, and you have no control over that. So don't be concerned with those kind of thoughts, just put the image out there and people that That connect with it will will like it.

Russell Ord · Answer

Would you ever avoid showing an image you enjoy because you think people may not understand your story? Nah, I'm not even worried what people think. Photography for me is a personal journey and I compare myself to myself six years ago as a photographer. It's easy to really get disillusioned with how good you're going when, if you get on social media, there's so many amazing photographers and so many amazing images and start comparing yourself with other photographer situations. I just sort of break it down and compare myself, like I said, to the yesteryear of myself and not too worried about what people think or if they don't understand the story because it's such a personal journey.

Jasin Boland · Answer

Hiya, my name is Jason Bolan, I'm a motion picture still photographer. Would I ever not show an image because I feel that people wouldn't understand the story? No, because the only images that I show are the ones that I like. I don't care about what anyone else thinks about my photography. I like people to go wow, of course, and I like the actors that I photograph to go, oh, that's the best shot I've ever had of me. And I love the producers to like them and also the directors. But, I mean, that's a bit of a juxtaposition of everything I said just there. But no, I don't care if I like an image, if I love an image, then I'm putting it out there for everyone to see. So don't be influenced by what other people think, unless, of course, they really love it and you love it as well. Then, you know, shout it from the rooftop. But, you know, you'll never know what other people are seeing in an image until you put it out there. It's not up to us, I think, to preempt that someone's going to not understand the story. You might be surprised at how well people read images. I hope that helps. I hope that answers it. Cheers.

Ryan Loco · Answer

Would you ever avoid showing an image you enjoy because you think people may not understand your story? Chances are they're not going to understand your story. They may understand parts of it, but they'll probably never fully grasp what you were trying to convey in something because it's something that you see and that's why you took the photo, that's why you created the photo. And you want to do your best and hopefully people understand it, but at the end of the day you have to do it for yourself. You have to put your stuff out there, print your stuff, put it in a gallery, in a coffee shop, in your wall, who cares? Instagram, Facebook wall, whatever works for you. You have to do it for yourself because I think there is something, or sometimes it's like something inside of you where you're like, I have to post it. Even if no one gets it, I have to post it. And like I'm starting a new thing where I want to do these art prints of plants. I don't know why it popped in my head. And probably no one's going to like them. No one's going to think it's, they're just going to look at it and be like, it's a picture of a leaf. And you know what, I get it, but it's something I have to do or else this thing won't relax. This thing won't calm down until I do it. And even if it fails miserably, I need to do it. So sometimes you just need to do things you need to create. And I'm here for it. So show it off, show everything off when you're ready. Good luck.

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