2010 Calendar/Goals

January 2010 Desktop Calendar (1/50 at f/1.6, 50mm at ISO 500)

Let’s get the dirty work out the way first before I start pontificating about New Year’s goals: here are the links to January’s 2010 desktop calendar. For the 1280×800 click HERE; 1600×1200 click HERE; 1920×1200 click HERE.

Ok, truth be told I’m not a huge “New Year’s Resolution” guy.  I try to reassess my goals on an ongoing basis and I’m not one to succumb to putting things off until  the New Year.  However, with that said I think it’s healthy to set goals, and there’s no better time than the present.

My current set of  photography goals:

Try to connect with more photographers
Improve the quality of my blog while still keeping it light
Seek out photographers that inspire me
Continue my education with more seminars or mentorship
Enter more contests
Work on improving my portfolio
Work on my long exposure shots
Slow down and focus on quality over quantity
Work more on my flash photography
Slowly upgrade my optics

Things you should consider if you’re not already doing them:

Get a website
Get some business cards
Get on Twitter and Facebook (connect with fellow photographers)
Subscribe to a photography blog (it’s like a free education)
Find a mentor
Join a photography club
Get to know your camera inside and out
Learn to shoot in Aperture Priority (if not manual)
Take time to learn f/stops, ISO, etc.
Take photos you normally wouldn’t take
Take a photography class
Consider becoming a member of NAPP
Consider signing up for Scott Kelby’s online training for continued education

One of the phrases I’ve grown to love quoting to my daughter is, ”If you’re gonna run with the big dogs you better get off the porch.”   A similar quote I use at work is, “We don’t have time  for paralysis of analysis.”  The bottom line is, I have a bias towards action.   If you really want to get good at something, whether that be photography or parenting, it takes time and effort.  It’s been said it takes 10,000 hours to master a craft.  Well, I don’t know about you but I don’t think Ansel did it from his porch.

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