From Impossible to Inevitable: The only practice that matters is the one you consistently do
When it comes to being or doing anything, the road to greatness isn't through struggle, hardship, or luck. It's not through skill or talent. The road to greatness is through consistency.
What I learned reading 'Photo Work: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice
First off, I couldn't put this book down; I read it every day I had a moment of free time. This book isn't a story or a journey. It is a series of in-depth interviews from forty photographers asked the same exact questions. Photographers ranging from Robert Adams, Alec Soth, Todd Hido, Lisa Sarfati to Justine Kurland, to name a few.
Deliberate practice
After reading the book 'So good they can’t ignore you' by Cal Newport I found that I personally have plateaued in my photography practice. I’m too comfortable, I find my composition natural and it comes to me like second nature when framing an image inside the viewfinder. After reading Newport’s book I found that I was no longer practising in the sense of training, or stretching my creative mussels. Cal Newport coined the phrase 'deliberate practice', which is exactly what I need to do.