Don’t blame the viewer, except……

Sometimes I hear someone say something and it gets me thinking about my approach to my photography. I recently overheard someone say don't shoot the messenger. This got me to thinking about how many times we blame the viewer for not getting our understanding of our photographs.  This week's podcast is all about how we can help to overcome our frustration with others when they just don't get our work. It is easy to blame the viewer as just not getting it, but I believe there is an opportunity for each of us to step back from our work and think about our approach. Are we as clear as we can be with our story, emotion, composition, and frame? Do we know what our work is about? Do we have clarity of purpose in our work or is it still vague in our mind? We can't really expect someone else to get it if we don't on some level get our own work, can we? The one exception I have to not blaming the viewer is around personal experiences.