Hello to all the Bubblers out there!
I just wanted to share some news with you all. Lately i’ve been in such a rutt when it comes to taking any good shots. For starters i broke my 18-55mm lense which has left me with my 70-300mm, which is good for some shots but not for all. So i’ve really struggled to take any shots i’m happy with. My kids have been sick with the flu and the like which has made it difficult to get out and about to go find those great shots! My creative juices seem to be drowning in snot and dirty tissues god bless the little rascalls !!!! Now they are on the up and i should be able to get into Geelong so my lense can finally get fixed. Yeah!!
Seems good news comes just in time for me. Unable to take any new shots i began to doubt myself and my abilities. Then i received a call today. It was a reporter from a local newspaper. She left a messge asking me to call her as she wants to do a story on me and the work i did for the Apollo Bay Music Festival as the photographer. I haven’t called her back yet as i was working when she called. So scared! So nervous! Having all those self doubting feelings and can’t help but think there’s surely a more interesting story out there than i!
Anyway bubble friends i will call her tommorrow and yep i’m nervous as! Sounds silly probably to you guys as your work is amazing and so many of you are beyond talented and have more than likely had exhibitions and things like that gone on in your lives. This is a first for me and i’m just thilled someone thinks i’m worthy. Not sure what i’m going to say so if any of you have any helpful tips on this kind of thing PLEASE pass them on.
Thanks for listening or should i say reading!
Just had to tell someone!!
Deanne.x
tracywallace
Congratulations!
Rachel Stickney
Wow, that’s fantastic, Deanne! I don’t have any tips, but you must be good if the reporter liked your work you did for the festival! I haven’t had any exhibitions or anything like that at all. Just tell yourself that the reporter wouldn’t have called you if you weren’t any good. So get your confidence going and best of luck!
Lisa Kenny
Be brave…. just ring, it’ll be fine ~ I promise ;))
…I had something kind of similar today (via emai), and I was too scared to ring as well… eventually I did and its all good.
…You never know who will be reading that article …. good things will come from it
Darren Stones
The reporter may be nervous, too. :)
Go with the flow – enjoy.
anneoc
Good luck Deanne and I am sure you will do well. Just run with it and you will find that it really is not that hard. Remember the reporter asks the questions, you just give the answers and you can say anything that takes your fancy. Don’t knock yourself short because you obviously did a great job on the festival, your heart must have been in it and it has worked for you. WEll done. Enjoy. Let us know the outcome.
anne
eclectica
Hello Deanne, I had been wondering where you have been. After reading the first part of your story I really empathised, I truggle constantly with my creativity and it ebbs and flows like the tide – my mojo comes, my mojo goes!
As for the interview – a walk in the park, just be yourself, tell your story – it’s a feelgood engaging story and yes I am sure something will come of it!!! You are a very talented photographer and a nice person to boot – believe in yourself! xx
wildplaces
Great news Deanne. . . I hope it goes really well for you.
Neil Boucher
Your work is amazing too Deanne. Go for it! Enjoy!
Peter Redmond
It will be fine, your work is superb and the story would be great for you.
Once the interview is done, let us know when and what paper it will be in :-)
Elizaday
Oh, congratulations Deanne! That’s amazing news and you deserve it. And as someone above said, the reporter is probably excited to be meeting that great rock photographer. Trust me, I work in magazine publishing and our reporters choose to do stories on those they admire. Well done – and I look forward to seeing more great shots when you get your lens fixed :-)
John Linton
I’d send you my 18-55mm, but I have a Canon. I wasn’t all the happy with the limitations of the Canon EFS 18-55mm that came with my SLR purchase so I bought a Sigma AF 18-200mm DC OS Zoom lens and have never taken it off my Canon Rebel XT. I think it’s a great all ’round lens.
Your photos are wonderful.
Phil Thomson IPA
Great news about the newspaper story and congratulations, Deanne ! Just ring the reporter and be yourself, as you are with you photography, and I look forward to hearing/seeing the ‘good news’ !! Hope the lens gets fixed soon and I know what it is like to be in a rut. Why not try the 100 step Challenge, like they ran a month or so ago in one of the groups here, and see what you can find to photograph. You could be pleasantly surprised.
soulfocus
Deanne,
Kind of amazing the kinds of tricks our minds can play on us. One moment we can believe in our talents and skills, and the next moment all of that is lost. I think if we realize that where our talent is concerned, nothing changes from one moment to the next. It is our thinking that takes us down those rocky roads of insecurity. Believing in yourself is a decision….nothing more and nothing less. Obviously, we all take pictures that need to be deleted, quickly. I don’t know about you, but I often take twenty, or fifty, before I find that one great one. And I think that is how is for everyone. You are an incredible photographer. I have only picked a few photographers to “watch” and you are one of them. The reporter called you because she/he has seen your work and knows it speaks to people, that is has some awesome universal appeal. She/he wants to introduce you to that corner of the world because she knows that will enrich people’s lives. Go into the interview with the knowledge that you have a gift and that what you give to others is an extension of that gift. It can only bring joy to everyone it touches. You have earned this moment, so just enjoy it and know that others who are lovers of photography will be able to expand their own skills because of what they will gain from your words.
RickGeorge
Relax, be yourself and enjoy. btw congratulations!!
Norman Repacholi
Congrats Deanne,
as has been mentioned many times above, relaxing and being yourself is #1, afterall that’s what’s got you this opportunity in the first place.
In terms of the interview itself think of three things about the event. Perhaps why you were there, what the asmosphere was like and the story behind your favourite image of the festival. The reporter will ask for more detail if she needs it and don’t forget to give yourself/your business a plug along the way!
congrats and good luck!
deannedaffy
Thanks so much to everyone for your encouraging words and helpful hints. x