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By: Confessions of a So-Called PRO. by David duChemin « Jase's Blog

Confessions of a So-Called PRO. by David duChemin « Jase's Blog — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:22:38 +0000

[...] the soul. Who cares if you’re a pro or not? We’re all learning, all getting better at this. As my friend Sabrina Henry wrote recently, it might just be that defining moments are more important… So to the amateur out there, I’m reminding you, you aren’t “just an amateur.” To the pro, [...]

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:56:21 +0000

You’re making lots of sense Stuart. The “tipping point” is a excellent way of expressing it. It would be next to impossible to go back to my previous way of thinking now that I’ve had this experience.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:45:56 +0000

Welcome Tyler.

Thanks for dropping by; I’m pleased you enjoyed this post.

By: Tyler Wainright

Tyler Wainright — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:33:14 +0000

Great article Sabrina! (New reader here from David’s blog)

By: Not Much of A “Pro”, Really.

Not Much of A “Pro”, Really. — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:25:40 +0000

[...] A while back I wrote a piece about the “I’m only an amateur” mentality. In brief it was an unashamed rally call to photographers everywhere to stop seeing themselves as merely an enthusiast [...]

By: Bill Henderson

Bill Henderson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:14:47 +0000

You make a very important point that I try to remember when caught up in the moment. That’s especially true if your presence will be exposed. It takes personal discipline to “wait” for the moment rather than firing off.

By: Chris Plante

Chris Plante — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:51:36 +0000

WELL said, Sabrina!

By: Stuart Sipahigil

Stuart Sipahigil — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:34:41 +0000

Sabrina, I think there are two types of “defining” moments. The first is as you describe: a place or an experience that changes you, whether you know it right away. Then there’s that “tipping point” moment, where things you’ve done and thought about come together with an experience and together they change you.

I think both of these happened in Africa for you. You had experiences with your people photography that you didn’t expect and the result was a new definition of you as a “people photographer”. However, I think you also had moments where your thinking and seeing shifted to a new level, even though you had done those same things before—and now, you can no longer return to what you were before the trip. (I hope I’m making sense here.)

Another great post. Keep them coming!

(Oh, and Krista? As of next Monday, Sabrina won’t need to borrow your 17-35 any more )

By: krista fox

krista fox — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:43:22 +0000

Sabrina, I love reading your blog, almost as much as I enjoyed our philosophical discussions in the early and late hours of the day on safari.

You can really write! AND *surprise* you can really take people pictures! So, obviously the trip did you well, and perhaps changed the course of your photography? I think generally, when you go on a trip of a lifetime, the hope is always there that you will come back with that perfect picture, capturing the perfect moment, in the perfect lighting, with the perfect gesture… which really only happens when the universe aligns to make it so. This being the case, we shouldn’t have been so hard on ourselves! I am happy to read that after reflecting on the trip, the defining moments were abundant, and the experience rich. It was for me as well. I so hope we can travel again sometime. I will bring my 17-35:)

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:02:05 +0000

Thanks Monte. Some days I do better in my writing than my photography but both benefit from more practice