so it's important to choose your educators wisely.

I've been following Joshua Huggett Media for a while. Josh's outlook on his corner of the industry, which happens to be wedding photography, is really refreshing in that he literally just says "fuck it, let's have an awesome time and capture they day as we go." The fact that his work is fantastic is probably the saving grace, because not just anyone can have that attitude and continue to book weddings.

He is my #1 choice for someone to learn from in wedding photography.

The thing is, when we're investing in education, it's easy to find 100 has-beens to teach you the fundamentals of photography. That part is easy. But when you're looking at ways to evolve and improve as an artist and business owner, and you're looking to keep up with the times (which you absolutely MUST do as a creative) you want quality humans who vibe well with your outlook and also are out there doing the work, and doing it well.

Find the artists you admire, and if possible, befriend them. I promise it's extremely cool when you do.

For me, the learning is all about watching, listening and adapting the very coolest bits into something that fits you and works into what you're already doing. I see a lot of photographers going along to workshops where they hit the shutter button on shit that someone else has set up, and I'm left thinking "well that isn't even your work." I've even seen those photos win awards that they weren't eligible for, but that's tea for a different blog post. The point is, what did they actually learn?

Josh doesn't know any of this yet, I'm about to send him an email asking very nicely if I can pop over to RADelaide next year and shadow/2nd shoot for him for a wedding or 2 and see what he says. He may very well tell me to fuck off, but you never know if you don't shoot your shot, right?