I find myself constantly working through a photographers block or when I find myself in a rut. I have many personal photo projects that I just love to work on which always makes me push the envelope of how I'm seeing and what I'm seeing. These projects bear new ones which becomes a constant circle. Just finished 36 rolls of 36 exposures in 3 days at our local county fair, photographing all those kids with their animals, sold 5X's at $10 ea, ended up selling about 270. Learned a few more things and worked my 75-300mm IS lens hard. Did the normal portraits, hey kid look here and smile, but also found my own images and the families just loved them. Now if I could just get them to buy more of the packages I offered. ;-) Hopefully the phone will start ringing with new found customers from this. Get excited about what your doing, find some inspiration from someones elses work. Luis.... you offer so much, thanks!!! Give back what you've received ten fold!!! Life is grand in small town America!!!!! WORK, WORK, WORK, it all adds up to more work..... Best regards everyone & god bless, Ernst PS. With 9/11 just around the corner, you think their might be another photo project...... YOU BETT..CA.... This stuff all takes time: Arlo Guthrie >From: *-CHILLED DELIRIUM-* <sfunp@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us> >Reply-To: photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students ><photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> >CC: luis gottardi <sfunp@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us> >Subject: Re: photographer's block >Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 00:18:56 -0400 (EDT) > > > > > Luis' Top Ten Photographer's Block-Busters > ****************************************** > > 10.- Photograph your oldest living relative. > > 9.- Go camping by yourself for a weekend, take only one > (waterproof) disposable camera. Take nothing to read, > no radio, nothing. Get lost (and you just might find yourself). > > 8.- Get seriously intoxicated (illegal substances included) > with a good friend. Bring a camera along, preferably > a P&S. The friend is your designated driver (or bring cab > money). > > 7.- Raid your local library's art and photo section. Steal liberally > from the greats. The theft won't work, but the thievery itself > is a good thing --- it will get you shooting again, and the > frustration of having to deal with alien energies will generate > a frisson you can put to good use, and most importantly, > help remind you of who you are. > > 6.- Stop carrying a camera. Start carrying a journal. Go walking, > just to see. Make notes/ drawings, watercolors of what interests > you. It's amazing how much one sees while camera-less ! Do this > (outside of pro work) for a week. > > 5.- Fall in love again. With something, or someone. Let this take > you to places you might never have gone. Let yourself be > seduced, Platonically, of course. [Explaining this to > the spousal unit will make the "block" seem insignificant !] > > 4.- Follow your fears. Photograph something, someone, someplace > you've been afraid or uncomfortable to shoot. > > 3.- Go shooting with someone else. Compare takes. > > 2.- Run naked in the rain. See Greggie for tips. If it doesn't rain, > look up a good bail bondsman in the yellow pages, leave a note, > turn on the sprinklers... and make a run for it ! > > 1.- Pretend an asteroid is going to hit the planet and end all > life on earth, including yours. You have been selected as > one of a cadre of photographers whose work will be put on board > a space capsule and sent into deep space as part of our last > will and testament. You have four rolls, a weekend to do this, > and no excuses. > > --- Luis > > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
