I would never tell anyone you can’t get there from here, regarding getting to photograph for National Geographic. But, if that’s what you want, you have to want it really bad and dedicate yourself to developing your eye and photographic abilities to the very best you can, and then try to do even better than that. Don’t worry about being better than anybody you know personally or whose work you admire. Simply try to be better tomorrow than you were yesterday. You are not so much in competition with others as you are with yourself. Be your own toughest critic. Show only your best and develop your self-editing abilities so you know just what your best is.
Dieser Ratschlag trifft wohl auf jeden Fotografen in jedem Genre zu. Jeden Tag versuchen besser zu sein als man es gestern war, ist eine tolle Herangehensweise. Dieser ständige Vergleich mit anderen schadet oft mehr als er einen selbst voran bringt.
Aber wie immer liest es sich einfach und ist um so schwieriger in die Tat um zu setzen.