Do You Trust Yourself?

Have you ever finished a session and thought… “that was amazing!  I totally nailed it!”The light was beautiful.Your clients were perfect and easy to work withEverything just worked.And then you get some, you get the images on the computer and you think, yes,  These are exactly the kinds of photographs I always wanted to create."And then, almost immediately, you think."Can I do it again, or did I just get lucky?"If you've ever felt that way, this episode is for you.Because today I want to talk about something I don't hear photographers discussing nearly enough.Not lighting.Not marketing.Not posing.But Self-trust.Because after nearly three decades of photographing families and teaching photographers around the world, I've become convinced that self-trust is honestly the biggest difference between photographers who stay stuck and frustrated and photographers who build long, sustainable careers.  So let's talk about it.