Practicing

I have had the great good fortune to work with a number of people at the top of…their fields, and whether they were writers or musicians or photographers, they…all have one thing in common-- a profound ability to focus.…There's no way around it: if you want to get really good at something, you have to practice a lot.…And you've got to practice in a very focused way.…And the easiest way to lose focus is to start thinking about yourself rather…than the task at hand.…Let me tell you what I mean.…I am sure you've experienced this, because I know I have.…You are out shooting and maybe it's not going so great.…You're not like anything that you're shooting.…

You don't feel like you're seeing anything, or you feel like you're only shooting…the same things you already shot before, and so you started thinking, maybe I…am not really a good photographer.…Maybe I just got lucky before. Maybe it's all been the auto mode on my camera…or just events were inspiring to make me look good.…At that point, you've lost focus.…