How many times have you sought validation for your photography from others? When you first start out, every (or most) photo you take feels important.“Look! Look what I learned to do!”You set up flowers in your kitchen and practiced lighting—(If you change the “you” to “I” and “me”) I took my camera on walks with my children so I could snap photos of butterflies. I uploaded those photos to the photography group I joined and… Had someone say, “This is good, but not quite there.” What the heck did that mean? Or, I proudly displayed a photo where I had just learned to select a single color and turn everything…


