Those Who Have Asked for My Help with or Opinion of Photography and Photoshop: You Don't Know How Much YOU Have Helped Me!

I am no expert, but I have always tried to help friends and family with their photography and Photoshop questions or issues whenever I am able. Over the past year or so, other photographers, some acquaintances I barely knew, have started -- often randomly -- asking me the settings I took a particular shot with that they would like to try to take themselves, or they want my honest opinion on a photograph or artwork of theirs.

I cannot put into words how this makes me feel. I am utterly amazed that newer photographers and beginner image editors want my advice or seek my assistance, as though I am a longtime professional! Thank you, thank you all, for the ultimate boost in confidence. You have given me inspiration in which you will never know the true extent and value of. I only hope I have lived up to your photographic and artist expectations and provided enough support in return.

I never mean to act like a know-it-all just because I have been shooting pictures and digitally manipulating photos now for over half of my life, as I have learned an unrealistic amount of new information myself over the past few years. So, I do want to altruistically help those new to the field by sharing my acquired knowledge and personal experiences with them whenever time permits me to do so. Someone joked recently that it was good of me to be so open about sharing my "secrets," but I am happy when I can actually help someone solve an issue or provide an answer to their inquiry. I never want to grow too big of a head where I would become annoyed by so-called beginner questions. That's just not me! Everybody has to start somewhere, myself included, and I will always appreciate everyone who shared tips with me along the way, just as I value those who offer me guidance today.

I am just in disbelief that I have now apparently become a talented enough photographer and Photoshop artist where others are actively seeking my advice and truly respect my professional opinion. All I can say is, "Wow!" Anyone who has ever asked me a technical camera or computer question, everybody who has ever commented on my natural artistic talent or creative photographs, you have all, honestly and truly, made a difference in the passion that is my life! Collecting all of these compliments together and assembling the many instances where my expertise was genuinely requested, in combination, have recently provided adequate evidence for a personal epiphany.

I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR GIVING ME THE MOTIVATION I NEEDED TO BELIEVE THAT I, MYSELF, AM NOW EVIDENTLY A REAL, TRUE TO DEFINITION, PHOTOGRAPHER AND DIGITAL PHOTOSHOP ARTIST!

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