Lost | London, England | Oct 2006

What do you wish you had known when you started out? Three resonating quotes below. Although the quotes are from photographers, the advice applies to any entrepreneur:

I wish I’d known early on it was unwise to accept lower fees from inferior titles on the basis that one is “learning” and will “move on to better things” soon. Either your work is good enough to command a proper fee, or it’s not worth publishing. (Anthony Harrison)

(Good work is good work, regardless of the creator.)

Most of us perfectionists see only the faults in our own work, whilst other peoples’ looks far better. That’s because there are many brilliant photographers in the world and you aren’t one. Learn to lie about that or get an agent to do it for you. (Tony Sleep)

(… or, in my opinion, get over it and find your own audience that loves you for who you are and what you create.)

Well, that you never know everything, but that trying to learn is half the fun. (Helen Stone)

(In some cases, learning is all the fun…)

I don’t mean to keep teasing, but more thoughts on the future path for the photography business to come soon…