wow1 that topic brought a bagful of answers...i guees i stired things up... >From: Steve Shapiro <sgshiya@redshift.com> >If you are doing this for fun. A sure way to overcome this 'énnui' is to >put the camera away for a good ten days. Do what you do when you have the >camera and then thak a couple evenings sitting alone with some music or >with >friends not engaged in anything photographic and see what pictures you wish >you would have gotten if you had had the camera. tried it before, for so long i even had to take the batteries off, it didn't work >From: Rob Miracle <rwm@photo-miracles.com> >1. New Toys. While the photographer is the one who makes a photo, >having a new camera, or more importantly a new lens can inspire you to get >back in the saddle and start shooting. maybe so, that was what happened with my "new" jupiter, but this is where i got all the bad shots (5 rolls of concerts with this one)it IS a risky situation >3. Do some creativity exercises, a popular one suggested frequently on >here is to pick a number between 1 and 10, drive exactly that many miles >away from your home, Spend at least one hour photographing that spot, >shoot at least two rolls of film. & >From: fotofx@ix.netcom.com >The best remedy for me is to grab the camera one lens and one roll of film >and >devote the entire day just shooting something - anything. your replies concises the notion of forced photo sessions. i have no problem with it, but performing it will bring me to landscape photography and i have left that way behind, much like what luis suggests bellow. tried it so many times...in the past worked miracles, but the past months it did not interest me... >From: *-CHILLED DELIRIUM-* <sfunp@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us Let yourself go. The > zigs and zags of the "S", like all life transitions, can be stressful > and bring one pain. Think of your artistic growth as a series > of small lives -- and deaths -- lived within the context of your > lifespan. > Leave part of yourself behind > Sometimes when we are about to fall, we forget that we have loving > arms that will catch us, our support system. Let yourself fall into > them. They are not there by concidence, IMO. Someone or many people > in your support system (perhaps a mentor ?) can be your guide(s). > in this passage. and i call that photoforum >From: Petrick Dave <dpetrick@rconnect.com> >>I don't know exactly what specialty you are in, but a suggestion is that >>in >every assignment you do 1 crazy or off the wall exposure or pose and try to >come up with a different one each time. very good suggestion. to a certain extend it did just that... i had the last concert shoot done my way! anyway, i ahve another try, and see what comes out =============================================== so... no matter what, CHEER UP MY FRIENDS! Life is too precious to jump the other side of the fence... kostas papakotas / clenched teeth photography http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/home.htm 'COS SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER WITH CLENCHED TEETH! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
