The Excuses Keeping Your Portrait Work Stuck (And What to Do Instead)

The Excuses Keeping Your Portrait Work Stuck (And What to Do Instead)

The Moment I Stopped Blaming My Gear Last spring, I handed my phone to a stranger at a coffee shop and asked her to grab a quick shot of me at the table. She fumbled with it for a second, then handed it back apologetically. “I’m not a photographer,” she said. I smiled and told her neither was I, once. That exchange is part of why I started teaching, and it’s also why a recent Visual Education tutorial landed so hard when I watched it.