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Preorder - Lessons From A Terrible Photographer - Hard Cover

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This is not a book about photography.
It’s a book about everything cameras can’t fix.

Lessons From a Terrible Photographer is for creatives who did everything “right” and still ended up stuck, burned out, or quietly disconnected from their work.

It’s not about gear, presets, or career hacks.
It’s about the internal battles no one warns you about:

  • Why talent and technique aren’t enough

  • Why comparison erodes originality

  • Why burnout isn’t failure, it’s information

  • Why finding your voice has more to do with subtraction than addition

Written with honesty, humility, and hard-earned experience, this book focuses less on how to make work and more on why you make it at all.

There’s no guru tone here. No superiority. No pretending I have it all figured out.
Just a human, practical look at creative life in the messy middle.

If you’re looking for tutorials or technical advice, this isn’t that book.
If you want something that helps you feel seen, challenges the myths you’ve been carrying, and gives language to what you’re experiencing, you’re in the right place.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This book will ship after the preorder run is printed. You’ll receive updates as we approach printing and shipping.

This is not a book about photography.
It’s a book about everything cameras can’t fix.

Lessons From a Terrible Photographer is for creatives who did everything “right” and still ended up stuck, burned out, or quietly disconnected from their work.

It’s not about gear, presets, or career hacks.
It’s about the internal battles no one warns you about:

  • Why talent and technique aren’t enough

  • Why comparison erodes originality

  • Why burnout isn’t failure, it’s information

  • Why finding your voice has more to do with subtraction than addition

Written with honesty, humility, and hard-earned experience, this book focuses less on how to make work and more on why you make it at all.

There’s no guru tone here. No superiority. No pretending I have it all figured out.
Just a human, practical look at creative life in the messy middle.

If you’re looking for tutorials or technical advice, this isn’t that book.
If you want something that helps you feel seen, challenges the myths you’ve been carrying, and gives language to what you’re experiencing, you’re in the right place.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This book will ship after the preorder run is printed. You’ll receive updates as we approach printing and shipping.

A man wearing glasses, a black jacket, a gray shirt, and a gray cap, looking directly at the camera against a plain, dark background.

Patrick Fore is a commercial photographer, writer, and lifelong creative trying to make honest work in a world that prefers shortcuts. He hosts The Terrible Photographer Podcast, where he talks about identity, failure, voice, and the strange process of keeping your creative life alive.

Meet the Author

Most photography books are written by masters showing off their trophies. They tell you to do what they do.

I am not a guru. I am the guy who failed at this so you don't have to.

I spent years obsessing over gear, comparing myself to others, and feeling like a fraud. I realized that "getting good" had nothing to do with the lens I was using and everything to do with how I saw the world.

This book contains 0% of my portfolio and 100% of my scars. It’s the book I wish I had for a long time.

Thank you for reading,
– Patrick

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