Itâs possible that you no longer need to get better at your craft. That your craft is just fine. Itâs possible that you need to be braver instead.
Thereâs a certain level of complacency that comes with doing what youâre known and recognized for. Itâs safe to the degree that if asked to perform, youâre already acclimated with how you would approach an assignment, what tools you would use and what the end result would potentially look like.
The real question comes on how long weâre willing to either stay on that same lane or if weâre willing to deviate a bit to challenge ourselves creatively and avoid being too predictable.
I personally love discovering creatives who have mastered the art of consistently keep me and their entire audience guessing what else theyâre going to come up. Thereâs always a slight enhancement on every new piece of work they put out. Iâm personally comfortable with a particular style of photography but I wonât know anything else unless Iâm willing to be braver as Seth Godin says and act more on my ideas as oppose to sitting on them.
I constantly go through moments where I dislike everything Iâve shot. Iâm really hard on myself and perhaps I should see it as an opportunity to take more risk.