Recently I listened to a one of the Create & Thrive podcasts that talks about procrastination and the excuses we have for it. They are legion, but fear is probably the biggest one. Fear of failure. Fear you won't be perfect. Fear of rejection or losing face. Fear of ridicule. Even someone who believes in her work and talent can fall into this trap. Ahem. So I got over myself. For literally years I have had a very good video camera in my possession. It isn't some fancy deal, it's just what my regular camera is capable of. I've been a photographer for more than 1/2 my life and you'd think I'd have jumped right into making videos, but I didn't. Or rather I did very sporadically. All my amazing vacations - Grand Teton , Big Sur , Argentina, Belgium, Netherlands , Oregon - very little or no video at all. All my time in the woods, on the water ... practically zilch. And I didn't do much with what I did shoot. Most of it is sitting on my hard drive...
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