On the second day of Inspire Boston we all wearily trudged into our first session of the day at 9 AM. Blam, Eric Laurits hits us right up the head with an inspiring video that made me think about my entire vision as a wedding photographer (He has the video on his FB page).
Then the second BLAM. A slide with seven questions that make us question who we are. I don’t mean who we are as a wedding photographers. I MEAN who we are as a human being.
- How would you define personal vision?
- How do you articulate personal vision?
- Where does personal vision come from? Is it ingrained or acquired?
- How do you go about taking personal vision and putting it into practice?
- How has your personal vision changed over your lifetime?
- Have you ever compromised your personal vision?
- Have you ever questioned the authenticity of your personal vision?
I mean! WOW! Those are questions that rock us to our core. I had scribbled down my answers and then took some time this weekend to reflect and write out my answers in a quite place. It was a gut wrenching experience and I looked at it from the angle of being several things in one person. I’m not just a wedding photographer, I’m a husband, dad, son, brother, uncle, cousin, friend and I needed to write out my statement so it incorporated all these facets. I also wanted to be real and attainable. I didn’t want it to sound like some corporate bullshit mission/vision statement. I won’t share it here, but if you’re an interested friend I’d be glad to e-mail it to you so I can have someone keep me on the path if I get off track. I sent Eric my personal vision today and I know he’ll hold me accountable if I get off the path.
I’m glad to know that others are as impacted by Eric and his own vision as I am. He is an amazing man, one I admire a great deal, and I’m glad to be able to call him a friend. It says a lot about a person that they are open to being challenged at their core by others and even more that they are willing to talk about it online.
Cheers to your enhanced personal vision and best of luck achieving it.
Hi Mark! It was truly great having you as such a key part of Inspire Boston! Without you it wouldn’t had been the same!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!
Much Love
M&E
People often think all we do is push the shutter, it’s great to see such passion and thought translated onto your blog, I think I need to emulate the concept, great read thank you.