I love what I do. My passion has never been greater and my motivation has never been lower.
I wish I could go back to shooting with a furry like I did in my first days of entering college and working at the Daily Egyptian, but with the knowledge I have now.
I feel like people are starting to realize that I might actually have a future in photojournalism. I think people are being forced to realize that I’m not being selfish in my efforts to obtain a college degree, increase my wealth as an employee by educating myself, and being able to provide for my daughter.
I think only a handful of people understand the sacrifices involved with the decisions that I have had to make and will continue to make. I don’t anticipate more than a handful ever will.
I do hope that the cost-benefits ratio work out the way I need them to otherwise I’m setting myself up for a run on the bank.
I’ve made a lot of mistakes in life, and I’ve taken risks. My professors tell me to take more.
I have never felt like my education was a risk or my future uncertain, I certainly don’t know where I’ll be after graduation, but I know I’ll be in a better place than I am now.
A gold, or first-place for domestic picture story in the College Photographer Of the Year competition means that out of all the student photojournalists in the nation that applied, I had the best stateside picture story. That’s pretty big.
A little battle won in the war.
It really just makes me want to work harder because I know I can be better.
Click to go view the winning images. Scroll down to find my Story
2 comments:
I am so proud of you! Your vision and talent continue to amaze me. Think about how boring life would be without mistakes. Mistakes allow us to learn and grow. Risks however are just opportunities in disguise. So stop thinking, start shooting and the rest will come.
I'm not sure I've told you this enough or not, but i'm so proud of you and your response to winning. You're amazing.
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