Produce what you want to see
You decide what your final product is, no one else. All they can do is have an opinion about it.
Recently, I was listening to the podcast "Jeffery Saddoris: Everything. Within this he creates episodes called 'Deep Natter' along with Sean Tucker. These episodes are conversations between these two people that I really admire. At the bottom of this newsletter I give you their contact information.
In the episode in question (Deep Natter 67: What Do You Want to Say?) they talk about the importance of finding you own creative voice and producing the work you want to see in the world, regardless of what you think an audience wants to see from you.
This episode is one you really need to listen to if you photograph. In fact, you should re-listen all episodes of this podcast from now on and subscribe immediately. Thank me later.
The end product is exactly what you want it to be.
Sean is very clear about the end products he creates. He does this primarily for himself and not because his audience expects it from him. That also means that if you suddenly make something in a different direction…
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