People think my job is lighting and lenses. What actually fills my day is coaxing a nervous stranger into trusting me, reading the room, calming a bride before she cries off her makeup. By the time I lift the camera the hard part is done, and nobody ever counts that part as the work.
More people experience this than they realize.
The emotional work that makes your photos possible is invisible and uncounted.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.