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All right, so that may have been a

lot to absorb in the first two weeks.

And if it felt a little bit like

drinking from a fire hose, that's totally okay.

Because this was kind of the 10,000

foot, zoomed out, big picture view of what

the whole puzzle looks like when it's all

put together.

And the why we're doing everything we're doing.

So next week, we're going to start zooming

in to the little pieces of that puzzle

and deconstructing the how.

Yeah, it's gonna get fun.

But first, this week's homework.

Okay, so this week's homework is all about

style and voice.

Okay, it's about figuring out what interests you

and also what doesn't interest you.

Okay, in the context of wedding photography, this

is really, really important.

Because we often put ourselves in these boxes,

right?

These boxes of being wedding photographers, and we

create boring images like a corpseless dress shot

hanging in a tree.

So what interests you is something we want

you to become more in tune with throughout

the duration of this course for the next

100 days.

One way we can do this is to

try and get in the habit every single

day of creating before we consume for the

next 100 days.

Right.

So that's kind of like a challenge, right?

A personal challenge, if we can set to

start to create that habit.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Because that way you won't be, you won't

necessarily be influenced by what you think you

should be interested in.

Right?

Like when we go on Instagram, and we

look at other people's wedding work, or any

creative work by someone else, it's almost like

we're focusing on what their interests are.

And it kind of skews what our interests

are.

Right?

So if we want to find our authentic

voice, and we want to find our style,

and that's probably one of the most common

questions we get, is how do I find

my style?

How do I find my style as a

wedding photographer?

Your style is photographing what interests you.

Now our kids are amazing at this.

They have a very, very keen sense of

what they're interested in, and what they find

boring.

And so we just need to tap into

that, tap into that, that ability that all

of us had when we were children.

Yeah.

And we've already alluded to this, but we

noticed that our work shifted a lot when

our interest shifted from photography, and the imagery

we were creating, to what we were photographing.

Right?

Our humans and the stories that we were

documenting.

Once we were able to tap into, or

shift our focus into that, our work grew

and matured into something much, much deeper.

Really, that's why photography was invented.

It was invented to express an interest in

something else.

Yeah.

And finding your style is such a tormented

topic for so many photographers.

Right?

Like, what's my voice?

What's my style?

Shoot what you like, how you like.

That's your style.

How do you do that?

Figure out what you find interesting.

Shoot what you genuinely find interesting, in ways

that genuinely interest you.

That's your voice.

So with that in mind, we want you

to make one photograph every day for the

next week, or perhaps for the duration of

the course.

But one photograph every day of something that

interests you.

And this could be anything.

It could be the water droplets on your

window.

It could be your kids' expression.

It could be the way the wrinkles form

around your eyes.

And this isn't about the that you create.

No.

Okay, this is about the curiosity that led

you there.

Okay?

And the interest you paid attention to.

And don't judge about whether or not you

should be interested in this or not.

Our brains are super judgmental.

And you won't be able to turn that

off, but you can choose to ignore it,

at least.

Don't judge it.

Just observe what you find interesting.

And then photograph it.

And then photograph it.

But more important than making a photo of

it, is observing it.

Okay?

Observing your curiosity about it.

And then let that guide you into making

a photo of it.

Exactly.

Yeah.

And feel free to share these in the

Facebook group if you want, but that's completely

optional.

This isn't about, again, it's not about succeeding

or failing.

It's about giving that inner signal in your

brain some space to be heard.

Okay?

Because it's there.

It's just sometimes muted.

Well, guys, that's it.

You are now firmly planted on the tip

of this iceberg.

See you back here soon for week three

of Two Man U.