What do successful photographers have in common?

i think i have all of that Sebastian.. =)

by the way, im a newbie here on this site.. have you heard about the shutterstock.com?
how can i submit my images there? i want to earn more using their site..

thank you,

Irish Earvene

I'm not sure I am all of the things Sebastian mentioned in his list for great photography, but I can work hard, I am not all about 9-5 and I love photos. I am amazed by the end results, I love the creativity and I have it. I am new to the whol action part of photography, having myself as my only model and my Nokia n73 phone camera to work with. Since the phone camera crashed, I've moved on up. My aunt got me the Nikon CoolPic P100!!!! I is super, I've since got a little knowledge of aperture and control and why and when to zoom. I am excited to learn more. Not too technical, I'm a baby in this scene.

I think you are right Chuck... the world of photography has changed... big time. And I think we are all talking about: the next level of success... the next level of work... about the world of social media... maybe you know... I'm really a social media guy... but I find myself asking the basic questions...

Besides the connected world... is a space in a photographer's head... asking... Who am I?... What makes me different and "better" in a way...

The audience seems to be the whole world... and many talented people seem to pop up every second...

So I find myself and other photographer friends asking themselves... WOW... an amazing time... but how can I place myself in this growing field of talents...?

The business skills become more important... seems like... yes, many talented people die poor... and many already did... all the painters... gone... but their talent stays... and makes other people rich...

But what made us want to become a photographer? The money? I don't think so... but we realize... we have to make money to stay in this game... or maybe we just a have to be known by many other people...

But in the end... I come back to my mentioned points... pick up my camera and leave the house (I think that is the hardest part - you have to go out and do it)... with a concept... a vision... a dream... a part of myself... come back with my pictures... and share them with the world and myself... learn from others... and improve my skills...

Real talent (I think talent is a set of skills... some have it and others have to work hard for it) will always win... maybe in your lifetime... or when you already have left this place... we need the people who share... like the old master who showed their students how to do it better or right...

I think many well-known photographers... are good business people... and have many technical skills... do great community work... but I think so many of them are (for me) not really artists... I think you need something deeper... maybe something other people feel and see, too... I think a photographer and artist really knows how to translate this feelings in a picture...

I think many photographers became really good teachers... but they have lost something the old masters had... real inspiration... a motivation... a fight in their souls... something they could never teach you... but they gave you a direction to find it in yourself...

But not everybody wants to be an artist... for some of us it is a job... with a hard competiton... a job we love...

I think photography is a learning process... And you should never stop learning. It would be like closing both eyes... while looking through the viewfinder...

Hi brother! we're both beginners for photography.. I'm also a newbie.. but what I learned from them is, it doesn't matter what camera do you have, it's the way you shoot the images, or in short great photos come from great photographers not from expensive or cheap cameras. If you have the passion for photography, go for it!

Hardy

Thank you Sebastian..

Hardy