If Everyone Can Do It...
"If everyone can do it, no one will pay you to do it." - Rosh Sillars In discussing being a photographer.
Rosh continues on (in a podcast on Photofocus) and makes a great point that freshmen in college today have captured more images in their young lives than he has in his whole photography career because digital allows for that (unlike 15 years ago). And we all know, practicing and doing is how we get better (assuming you're learning from mistakes).
I'd agree that the same mindset carries over to being an author. Anyone can publish a book nowadays. To put things in perspective, when GRACEFULLY was published by McGraw-Hill in April, 2008 there were 2 million other books on Amazon. Now, only four years later, there are 8 million.
Making a photograph or a book stand out in the digital crowd is a full time job, leaving less time for the creative realm. My mother being a Wilhelmina model at the age of 72, now that's one way to stand out in a crowd.
Rosh continues on (in a podcast on Photofocus) and makes a great point that freshmen in college today have captured more images in their young lives than he has in his whole photography career because digital allows for that (unlike 15 years ago). And we all know, practicing and doing is how we get better (assuming you're learning from mistakes).
I'd agree that the same mindset carries over to being an author. Anyone can publish a book nowadays. To put things in perspective, when GRACEFULLY was published by McGraw-Hill in April, 2008 there were 2 million other books on Amazon. Now, only four years later, there are 8 million. Making a photograph or a book stand out in the digital crowd is a full time job, leaving less time for the creative realm. My mother being a Wilhelmina model at the age of 72, now that's one way to stand out in a crowd.
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