Ukuthola ibhalansi: Amathiphu ama-4 weJuggling Career, Family, and Photography

Usuku olujwayelekile lwangesonto endlini yami luqala ngo-5: 00 ekuseni luphele ngabo-10: 30 ntambama Emahoreni aphakathi, benginguthisha wesikole samabanga aphezulu, umama, unkosikazi, umngani nomthwebuli wezithombe wesikhashana. 

Lapho ngiqala ukuzimisela ngokuthatha izithombe, ngangiqonde ukuthi kube yinto engizilibazisa ngayo kuphela. Ngemuva kwalokho umngani wangicela ukuthi ngimthwebulele izithombe, bese omunye umngane, bese omunye… kuze kube sekugcineni, abantu engingabazi nhlobo babebona izithombe zami futhi bangicela ukuthi ngibathathele nabo izithombe. Okuqale njengokuzilibazisa kukhule ngokushesha kwaba ngumthombo owengeziwe wemali engenayo kanye nendlela yokuxhasa imali yamagiya amasha wokuthwebula izithombe, futhi ngazithola sengichitha cishe isikhathi esiningi ezithombeni njengoba nganginjalo emsebenzini wami. Kodwa-ke, angizange ngijabule ngendlela engangijabule ngayo lapho ngangizithathela izithombe ngesikhathi sami sokuphumula. Manje, beyiyini inkinga? 

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Kusukela lapho, ngibonile ukuthi akuwona wonke umthwebuli wezithombe oqeqeshiwe osebenza ngokugcwele noma owaziwayo, futhi lokho kulungile. Angiwuthandi nje kuphela umsebenzi wami njengothisha futhi angifuni ukuwuyeka, kepha njengomndeni ohola imali eyodwa ngenkathi umyeni wami enza umsebenzi ophindwe kabili njengobaba ohlala ekhaya nomfundi wasekolishi, umthombo ozinzile nonokwethenjelwa wemali engenayo kubalulekile kimi. Lokho akungenzi ngingafaneleki njengo “photographer professional. ” Esikhundleni salokho, lokho kusho ukuthi ukuthola ibhalansi kwehluke kancane kothile onjengami, futhi imithetho esebenza kubathwebuli besikhathi esigcwele ayisebenzi ngaso sonke isikhathi kulabo, njengami, abasebenza ngokuzilibazisa noma izinzuzo zesikhashana. Lapho ngithola ukuthi yini engisebenzele, ngenza izithombe zaba mnandi futhi, futhi ngafunda izinto ezimbalwa endleleni engasiza nabanye abantu ababambe amatoho laphaya. 

1. Hlela Imikhawulo

• Njengoba isikhathi sami silinganiselwe, inani lezikhathi engizenzayo inyanga ngayinye lilinganiselwe futhi, kanjalo nesikhathi engisebenza ngaso ezithombeni usuku ngalunye. Ukuba nenombolo ebekiwe yokuvulwa kweseshini inyanga ngayinye kanye nesikhathi esithile usuku ngalunye sokusebenza ezithombeni kuqinisekisa ukuthi akuzona zonke izimpelasonto nobusuku beviki ezichithwa phambi kwekhompyutha noma ngemuva kwekhamera yami. Ngenxa yalokhu, ngikwazi ukugxila kakhulu ezithombeni engizenzayo, ngichithe isikhathi esezingeni eliphakeme nomndeni wami, futhi ngijabulele engikwenza kakhulu.
• Ukwehlisa umsebenzi kulungile. Uma ubeka isikhathi esithile isonto ngalinye sokuthwebula izithombe, namathela kuso. Uma wazi ukuthi ukuthatha esinye isikhathi kuzokudala ukuthi weqe lowo mkhawulo, yithi cha. Ukuthi cha ngeke kugcine abantu ekufuneni ukubhukha izithombe. Ukukhiqiza okuncane kunomsebenzi wakho omuhle ngoba uzisakaze uzacile, noma kunjalo, kuzoba njalo.

2. Zenzele Isikhathi

• Kunezinsuku ezithile noma amasonto ekhalendeni lami amakwe njengokuvinjelwa ngezikhathi zesithombe ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi ngifuna ukuchitha isikhathi nomndeni wami nabangane noma ukuzithathela izithombe ngalezo zikhathi. Yize ngithanda ukuthathela abanye izithombe, isikhathi nalabo engibathandayo nezithombe zomndeni wami yizo engizohlala ngizithanda kakhulu. Ngezikhathi lapho ngazi khona ukuthi ngizoba matasa, ngenza iphuzu lokuhlela isikhathi sezikhathi zami zezithombe noma izinsuku zami ezibalulekile. 
• Hlela isikhathi sabantu nezinto ozithandayo. Lapho uyeka ukwenza kanjalo, ubeka engcupheni yokuguqula izithombe zibe yinto oyenzela imali esikhundleni sento oyenzela uthando onalo ngokuzilibazisa kwakho. Ngihlale ngibatshela abathwebuli bezithombe abasebhizinisini kuphela ngemali evela kubathwebuli bezithombe abenza lokho abakuthanda ngokweqiniso ezithombeni abazikhiqizayo bobabili.

3. Hlela kuqala

• Ukuthwebula izithombe kungaba umsebenzi wesikhashana kimi, kepha kusenjalo ikakhulu umdlalo wokuzilibazisa. Imali engiyenzayo ngokuthatha izithombe iyangezelela. Eqinisweni, kubuyiselwa imali yami ebhizinisini lami lokuthatha izithombe ngoba - ake sibhekane nakho — izithombe ziyinto yokuzilibazisa ebiza kakhulu! Intshisekelo engabelana ngayo ngomsebenzi wami njengothisha yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kunebhizinisi lami lokuthwebula. Uma ukuhlelwa kwesifundo, ukufakwa kwephepha, noma ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe kuchitheka kusukela osukwini lomsebenzi olujwayelekile, khona-ke isikhathi sami sokuthatha izithombe siyasuswa ngesikhathi sokufundisa. Okufanayo kuya emndenini wami. Zibaluleke kakhulu kimi, futhi uma ingane yami eneminyaka emithathu icela enye indaba yesikhathi sokulala ngenkathi ngisebenza ezithombeni, ngiyayeka engikwenzayo ngimfundele. Ukuba nezithombe ezinhle zomndeni wami kuhle, kepha ngifuna izingane zami zikhumbule impilo enhle nami futhi, hhayi umama obesebenza njalo.
• Uma wena umthathi zithombe wesikhashana noma umuntu othanda ukuzilibazisa, njengami, zama ukukhumbula ukuthi ukuthwebula izithombe kuhloselwe ukuthatha isikhathi esincane kunama-gigs wakho wesikhathi esigcwele, njengomsebenzi okhokha izikweletu noma umndeni nabangane abadinga ukunakwa nguwe. Yize ukwenza izinto ezikuthokozisayo kubalulekile, zama ukubeka phambili izinto ngendlela eza kukugcina unganaki isici esibucayi sempilo yakho uma ufuna ukuzilibazisa.

4. Isikhathi Sibalulekile, kepha Imali Ayiyona Yonke Into

• Lapho ngiqala ibhizinisi lami lokuthwebula izithombe, ngi ngentengo yami ngiphansi ngokuphelele. Ngemuva kwesikhathi engisichithe ezithombeni nasezindlekweni ebengizithathela zona, bengisebenza kancane kakhulu kunomholo omncane. Ngangithumela umyalezo wokuthi isikhathi sami asibalulekile, ngangisheshe ngishe, futhi nokuzilibazisa engangikuthanda ngothando olukhulu kwaba umthwalo omkhulu kunenjabulo. Bengingenaso isikhathi sokuthatha amathani omsebenzi, kepha benginikela izithombe zobuchwepheshe ngamanani ashibhile, okuholele ekufuneni okukhulu. Ngemuva ukukhuphula amanani ami ukukhombisa kakhulu ukuthi isikhathi sami besifanelekile futhi ngivumela izindleko zasekamelweni, ngibonile ukwehla kwenani lezikhathi engizibhalayo. Kodwa-ke, ikhwalithi yamaseshini engiwenzayo kanye nenani lokuzijabulisa engikuthola emsebenzini wami lenyuke kakhulu.
• Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ungavumeli ukulandela imali kukuvimbe ekunikelweni noma ekunikezeni ngezikhathi ezithile, uma lokho kuyinto oyithandayo. Uthando lwami lweqiniso lokuthwebula izithombe lukhanya kakhulu lapho ngenza izikhathi zamahhala ngenhloso efanelekile noma kulabo engibathandayo njengesipho esikhethekile. Angibavumeli abantu ukuthi basebenzise umusa wami ngokulindela njalo izaphulelo, iminikelo, noma izipho, kepha ukwenza njalo kwesinye isikhathi kunezinzuzo eziningi. Akugcini nje ukuthi lezo zinto zingenza ngijabule, kepha ziholela ekuphenduleni okuhle okudonsa ngezikhathi ezikhokhelwayo.

Lapho izinsuku zami ziphela ngo-10: 30 ntambama ngemuva kokuxhumana nabafundi abayi-100 + basesikoleni esiphakeme, nginakekela abafana bami ababili abancane, ngizama ukugcina ukuxhumana nomyeni wami, ngithuthukisa amakhono ami njengomthwebuli zithombe, futhi ngigcina ubudlelwano bami nabangane bami nomndeni wami ngiphilile, ngikhathele ngokuphelele. 

Kepha isikhathi sami besilinganisiwe, futhi ngenxa yalokho kubhalansi…

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ULindsay Williams uhlala eningizimu maphakathi neKentucky nomyeni wakhe onobuhle, uDavid, kanye namadodana abo amabili athanda ukuhlekisa, uGavin noFinley. Lapho engafundisi isiNgisi esikoleni samabanga aphakeme noma echitha isikhathi nabangane nomndeni wakhe omnandi, uLindsay ungumnikazi futhi usebenza iLindsay Williams Photography, egxile kakhulu emihlanganweni yokuphila komndeni. Ungahlola umsebenzi wakhe kuwebhusayithi yeLindsay Williams Photography noma kuye ikhasi Facebook.