Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Finnegan wrote: > I was about to say something very similiar, but Johnny beat me to it. If the > journey isn't enjoyable, then before long you're going to get burned out or > bored with the whole thing, even if you do get the results. Obviously, if > you are photographing for a living, then the results will have to take > precedent. But even then, if the journey isn't also enjoyable then you will > get burned out or it will all just become grinding drudgery. I would bet > that this is quite common in the pro photo ranks. Yet, it doesn't have to be > that way. So true. I'm lucky enough to have photo job where I can experiment, to help keep from getting burned out. Using different equipment or techniques makes for a change of pace, a fresh way of seeing, or of just feeling. I've even done goofy things like using a 4x5 Graflex with a diffused lens on jobs, including covering ice motorcycle racing with it, when that's what would give me an interesting result, and excite me. Alan Magayne-Roshak Senior Photographer Univ. of Wis.-Milwaukee Photo Services