Keeping Focus and Moving Toward a Post-COVID19 World with Don Giannatti
Keeping Focus and Moving Toward a Post-COVID19 World with Don Giannatti
I am honored to be speaking to the membership of ASMP about my ideas on moving forward away from this “lockdown”. My focus is on what has remained and what has changed and utilizing our vision to help make the transition to what is new.
HERE IS THE REPLAY OF THE WEBINAR:
From the ASMP bulletin:
What I’ve Learned So Far: Eleven; “They Don’t Pay Me Enough To…”
Have you ever heard someone say this? "They're not paying me enough to do my best work." Possibly some variation of that? What a terrible, awful, self-defeating way of doing anything. It's an amazingly stupid, self-absorbed sense of entitlement that brings nothing but...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Ten; Listen to Your Gut
... it knows what the heck is going on. That place deep inside you where you just know something is not right. Listen to that feeling. It is right more than it is wrong. Now I know that your head will be arguing with you the whole time. There is a reason for that is...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Nine; Loyalty Should Be a Brand Attribute
I am a pretty strict believer in loyalty. I live it and I demand it. Not in harsh, 'kingly' sort of way, but more of a gentle 'I am way too busy for your call' way. I can list loyalty as one of my strong traits. I may sometimes be loyal to a fault. I have always felt...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Eight; Life – Through a Lens…
... is different - depending on what lens you choose. Choose wisely. One of the joys of photography is being able to use a different lens for a different perspective. Something very far away can be brought 'closer' by a long (telephoto) lens. We can add depth to a...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Seven; Gear Envy Sucks
Gear envy takes two major forms; 1. "I can't do what I want with this crummy gear." 2. "I can't believe that guy/gal has such great equipment when their work sucks so bad." Actually envying someone by what their gear collection is - "I so wish I was him, I...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Six; Self Sabotage and the New Photographer
(This is an ongoing series that I am writing for the month of December, 2014. After nearly 40 years in this business, I have learned a couple of things. I am sharing that knowledge here.) What is "self-sabotage"? It is the premature destruction of a talented...