About a month ago, I invited two local friends over to my house for dinner to thank them for their extraordinary support. Lisa and Meredith not only have taken all of my online photography courses (some courses more than once!), but they also recruited several of their friends to take the courses along with them. I think of them not only as loyal friends but as my unofficial marketing team, and I appreciate them even more because I've never once asked them for their (extremely generous) support.
As I was showing them around my house for a "photographic tour" (letting them see which pictures I've framed and how I've grouped the shots), I actually winced at some of my old photos hanging on the walls. Although the wince-worthy pictures have been hanging up for close to a decade, it was the first time in a long time that I really studied them.
"What was I thinking?!" I said, half to them and half to myself. "I've got to put up some better pictures!"
After the initial shock wore off, I realized "the wince reaction" was actually a good thing. It would be so much worse to look at my old work and think, "I've really gone downhill since then."
So without even knowing it, Lisa and Meredith helped me yet again that night. I teach other people how to take better pictures, but it's just as important that I grow creatively, too.
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Enrollment is now OPEN for my brand-new online photography course "Beyond Auto Mode: How to Really Work Your DSLR Camera." Lisa and Meredith will be there--join us! For all the course details and registration, click here.
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