From time to time, it sucks…

As a photographer I would like to download my photos from my camera and be hit by their incredible beauty every time. I would like to have a harder time shortlisting the best because of the great quality of each and everyone of them. Truth is that not always the photo come out as I wished and, from time to time, they suck. I am lucky enough to be able to always save few shots, they generally save the day, but those few are never amongst my favourite.

When I work with my camera in my hands I need to be focussed, I need to deliver my attention to details. Both when shooting strangers in the streets and when dealing with models, I need to connect my brain tightly, I need to clear my mind from other thoughts and I need to be relaxed: as this is the way in which I can bring my photos to life. So it happens that, like every human being, I have moments in which I cannot focus, moments that are so worrying that do not allow me to have that inner peace I need to carry out a good session and one of these moments happened few days ago. My mind was wandering around, deeply immersed in many thoughts, with few fears and some stress, being a little bit tired and trying to concentrate on too many things. For the geeks following me I can easily say that I went in buffer overflow. So, when these things happen it is hard to go through the photos, finding out the photographer's mistakes, the distractions, the lack of concentration. It is frustrating for me not to be able to be proud 100% of the things I do. Shit happens, and the best thing you can do is put all these things in your baggage of experience and move forward. Today we had a fantastic photo session, challenging as it was outdoor, but rewarding. The stylist who worked with us, after the session, confessed me that she had too many things in her head during the shot: she have no idea how well I was able to understand her feeling and how much good she was in comparison to what I did few days before. From time to time everyone produce things not particularly good. Turn the page and start again, breathing well and focussing: after all photography is fun, at least for us!