Finally, no one was telling me how or what to learn. Instead of being taught a subject according to some textbook’s priorities, I could just try to take the photos I wanted to take. When what I tried worked, I’d learned a new technique. When it didn’t, I would attack the mistake like a puzzle, going through out-of-print photography books from the library, asking random salespeople at the local camera store, and experimenting diligently until I figured out what had gone wrong. Ultimately, small actions done regularly had a way of showing me what I didn’t know. Lightweight failures highlighted
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