What would you say to the young man of 20 on that balcony in Camargue as he picked up his camera?
I'll quote for him/me the French writer (and poet and painter and author of movies...) Jean Cocteau, "Ce qu'on te reproche, cultive le: c'est toi". (I'll try to translate for you, "When they reproach you, cultivate it: that's you"). Then I'll complete my advice: the medium is the servant and it has to be the obedient servant of your vision. You have to do your best to master the medium, of course, so you have to work very hard. But above all, you have to be faithful to your vision.