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   by Alain Briot
Don't be an art critic, but paint.  There lies salvation.Paul Cezanne
 1 – Don’t give up
The purpose of parts one and two was to understand criticism and to look at effective ways of responding to it.  In part three we are going to look at perseverance.  Why perseverance?  Because an unwanted, yet all too common consequence of criticism, is discouragement.
It takes great time and effort to create world-class photographs.  When I started photography my results were far from being what they are today.  In fact, my first photographs were quite disappointing even though I had great expectations for them.  Until I had the film developed that is.  It was then, by looking at my negatives, that I realized I had a very long way to go.
Only through regular study and constant practice was I able to achieve results that were satisfying to me.  But again my satisfaction lasted only until I opened a coffee tab...

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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.
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