Ignore the haters

The photographic industry is full of people with drive and passion. It’s that way on account of being the sort of job that so many people want, which means there’s a long and competitive journey involved. So it takes drive and passion to get there.

But photographers will know the story doesn’t end here. Like any other industry, there’s also no shortage of the bitter and the angry: people who seem to find something to complain about no matter how bright the sun shines. If there’s something negative to dwell on you can rely on them to find it and dwell on it.

And unfortunately it’s quite contagious. Given the chance they’ll have you wallowing in mutual self-pity before you know it.

But a positive outlook is just as contagious and thankfully there are plenty among us who have kept that drive and passion and for whom it coexists with optimism and cheer. I am sure you know them; success normally comes in no small part from attitude, so they tend to be the people you’d choose to take your cues from anyway.

Associate with the driven, the passionate, and the positive and that will surely rub-off instead.

Give the detractors a wide berth. Surround yourself with the right people. And ignore the haters.