When you walk, sleep, eat & read think­ing about pho­tog­ra­phy, how to get it right, or how not to make mis­take, you’re halfway onto becom­ing the inhab­i­tant of the small photographer’s eco-system of the world.

Yes. It’s halfway, it’s not enough, not even close, so what’s next?

Shoot.

Yes. Shoot plenty.

Shoot like there’s no tomor­row, shoot like you’re a mad man, even though you have no idea what you’re doing, exactly. It doesn’t mat­ter. Just shoot!

I heard a very famous inven­tor said about how he did not invent the light­bulb, rather than mak­ing thou­sands of bad ones and even­tu­ally mak­ing one that do not burst into pieces.

So for­get about the world, the whole sen­ti­ment where peo­ple try to even com­pare you to some­one else, you are you, and your vision is yours to have, to share & to shoot with.

Here’s an idea: What about form­ing your­self a group of 4, sched­ule a reg­u­lar shoot-day and go out and make some plenty of pic­tures? That is exactly what 4 japan­ese friends of mine are doing. While they’re at it, they also form a joint blog and reg­u­larly post there. Isn’t it great?

So, just like what my friends said: Que Sera Sera–Whatever will be, will be. Just go out and shoot some photographs!

A photo blog: QUE SERA SERA

PS. A very dear friend of mine is hav­ing her birth­day today. Have a sweet, splashy birthday!