Some advice for you young photographersโ€ฆ take care of your health please.ย  Go easy and take care of your physical health!ย  I am paying the price for the photographer life big time.ย  Shoulder surgery, degenerative disc disease in my spine and old injuries that hurt more today.ย  Basically Iโ€™ve been in pain 24/7 for the last 10+ years.ย  Letโ€™s not forget about tinnitus.ย  UGH.ย  NOT fun!

Nobody warned me that photography was so physical and difficult.ย  Nobody told me there would be a price to pay!ย  Nobody told me to go easy back in the day.ย  SO Iโ€™m telling you NOW, please take care of you.ย  Pain fucks with you physically and mentally!ย  Pain doesnโ€™t care how good life is or how much fun you want to have.ย  Pain doesnโ€™t give a fuck about anything.

My doctors are keeping me alive and going.ย  They all laugh when I talk about nobody warning me.ย  They tell me, I should have paid attention and taken better care from day one.ย  They are right, I did not listen to my body and just moved forward like I still do.ย  Now days I move forward, but slower.ย  Nothing will stop me from shooting, but it does slow me down.ย  I fucking hate pain, but I do my best to deal with it in a healthy safe way.