Do you have what it takes to be a photographer?

Most people, especially when starting out in photography, aspire to make jaw-dropping images like they see in magazines, on the internet, or in a gallery. They take their fancy new digital camera out and start creating images only to find that they fall quite short of anything spectacular. They convince themselves that their talents and strengths must lye in other endeavors, but not photography. Soon after their camera sits in the closet and begins to collect dust. Life goes on, careers get in the way, families demand time and attention, and 25 years later they blow the dust off their camera and repeat the process again. Have you heard this story before? Is this possibly you? As I begin my series of articles on introductory photography, I would like you to start by reading Craig Tanner's inspiring article The Myth of Talent.