Be ever ready to strike like a player who is about to play a penalty kick.
On Sunday the 12th of August this year, I was at an event which came up to herald the arrival of a new football season. The event was so glamorous one which turned out great and interesting but one thing amazed me about the photographer invited by the organiser of the event in which his actions provoked a great lesson to me which I seek to share to all and sundry.
My nephew as of the time of the event was just about 3 months old and you all will agree with me that it's such a mountainous task getting a momentary pictures of babies due to their hyperactivity. On this said day, the photographer needed a perfect picture of him but our efforts to make him(the baby boy) the object of focus from the camera turned futile. Then we photo man asked us all to quit trying, this left us astonished as it made us wonder how he would then get a desirable pose of him in a picture if we quit trying?
We all stopped, then at a spontaneous moment, he then positioned his camera ready to strike the capture button like a football striker ready to take a spot kick.
He kept his focus and attention on the baby boy till the he turned to a desirable position suitable for taking an amazing shot of the him which brought smiles to the faces of already frustrated loved ones there.
When you meet with my little nephew you will agree with me that he's good looking 😉Well back to the gist. Like the photographer most of us have various things we are chasing from this hyperactive life and unimpressive enough instead of negotiating our business with life, we are most times busy trying to bring some others into our market square so they could help us in decision making.
That's not a way to live life, Firstly, like I always say you need mentorship, someone that guides you on decision making but and not someone that would make the decisions for us but you don't give up your responsibilities in the quest for that. Earlier in this narration you may have realised that the photographer didn't get a good shot till he took charge of the situation.
The creator has made you to be in charge of your life and till you are in charge like the photographer you won't make great success.
Another thing we should be conscious of here is the power of focus, it's so unfortunate that we all live our lives looking towards the so called big things neglecting the small details. A beautiful picture portrait as such this wouldn't have been gotten if had chosen to be like us all, Yes! we were trying to make the baby give a cool pose in front of the camera. But for his age, we would never achieve that if one person didn't take charge of the situation. The details in life are all important but there the need to take note of those supposed small things as their importance can not be over emphasised as they matter on the big stage.
The photographer was a determined one who found success using the boy as a muse and he was successful not only because he was determined but also because he set his focus right and negotiated rightly with his thoughts and actions not to be clouded by other opinions. Learn to be like him...
Well written bro🙌🙌
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