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- Most of us engage in an activity to achieve some kind of satisfaction. We eat to satisfy our hunger, we take pictures to satisfy a need to show someone the vision that we've had. We're constantly setting up satisfaction targets that we strive to achieve. For example, right now I am desperately striving to get through this discussion without quoting the rolling stones. In a lot of cases, it's not that hard to hit your satisfaction target. You're hungry, you eat something, you feel satisfied, unless he started thinking about donuts afterwards. If you're feeling unsatisfied with your photographic work, I would like to offer the suggestion, that maybe that's not bad. Because in addition to achieving satisfaction as a photographer, you should also want to grow. And to grow, you need to strive for something better. Feeling unsatisfied might simply mean that you've set the bar high, and that you're a good enough photographer…

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