Episode 19: Photography Struggles

2 Weird Camera Beards

SHOW NOTES Episode 19: Photography Struggles Welcome everyone to Midwest Photo’s podcast 2 Weird Camera Dudes. Your hosts Tom Wright and Kevin Deskins will be sharing tips, stories, new releases, and even some bad jokes all about photography and the gear that surrounds it. Subscribe and stay tuned for a wild ride. Be sure to check us out on Instagram @2weirdcamerabeards for images and more from this week’s episode. Visit us at: https://mpex.com/ 2887 Silver Drive, Columbus, OH 43221 [phone] Gear used: RODEcaster Pro Podcast Studio https://mpex.com/rode-rodecaster-pro-integrated-podcast-production-studio.html Rode Podmic https://mpex.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=rode%20podmic Music by: Ray Schierloh https://rayschierloh.bandcamp.com/ Special Thanks To: Madi O’Neill—Executive Producer Josh Appelbaum—Graphic Designer Ken Lewis and Moishe Appelbaum—Allowing us to takeover and make this podcast Podcast Homework/Challenges Think about the challenges you face with your own photography and focus in on fixing them. Maybe that is shooting with another photographer or maybe is it purchasing back up cards and batteries! Take action today and make life a bit easier for you. House Keeping We wanted to give a HUGE shout out to the most incredible person and thank one of our own Marty McCutcheon as she finishes her time her at Midwest. Marty has been with Midwest since 1994 and has seen our company through all its growth and development. She has been the backbone of Midwest and we will miss her so incredibly much. Marty we wish you all the best, thank you for everything. We love you Marty! We are on all major podcast listening platforms. Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud Amazon Music and everywhere else you can think of. Check out our podlink! https://pod.link/1526332553 Links and Mentions Parable Coffee Shop https://www.parableparable.com/ Willingness to Fail Episode: Episode 4 posted September 24, 2020 https://pod.link/1526332553 Shiann Banks Our used specialist and an awesome photographer @_shishoots on Instagram Megan Allen @studio22photography Quote: “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” Ira Glass