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Subject: Re: [Leica] Mid-life crisis ???
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 21:51:48 +0200
References: <MBBBJHIBKCKEAEOKKBPOEEJJEJAA.bdcolen@earthlink.net>

That is excellent advice, B.D. I try to follow that--always carry a 
camera, even if I am just driving to the supermarket to buy milk, but 
not force myself into "photograpy mode". Many times I go out and come 
back with not a single frame exposed, but I know that if I do go out 
without the camera, Murphy's Law will strike and I will come upon a 
scene which would have made a photo worthy of HCB.

Nathan

B. D. Colen wrote:
> 
> For whatever it's worth, try letting go of the idea that 'now I am going to
> go take pictures,' and simply carry a camera everywhere. When you see
> something that grabs you by the gut, shoot it. Otherwise, save your film. My
> guess is that you will be allot happier with the smaller number of images
> you get that way that you will with those you're getting now - which, if the
> truth be known, are probably a good deal better than you think they are. ;-)
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> B. D.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henry Ting
> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 11:30 AM
> To: Leica-users
> Subject: [Leica] Mid-life crisis ???
> 
> 
> 
> They say photography has less to do with technique
> (which can be mastered by anyone if the desire is
> there) but more to do with form and the ability to see
> the world around us.
> 
> Well I remembered when I first took an interest in
> photography in my teens, I was able to see all the
> possibilities and quite frankly IMHO I was able to be
> creative in "sight and form". At the time I lacked the
> technique, but my mentors always comment on the
> originality and creativity of my pictures.
> 
> Now 40 years later, since I retired recently, I went
> back to my old love in photography. Now I have the
> time of the world, travelling in different parts of
> the world, I found the zest and the creativity of my
> pictures are gone. All my pictures lack the snap and
> form that I thought I used to have. While the
> technical side of my pictures are good, but the form
> and the image have nothing behind it. I was delighted
> right after retirement when I first thought I could
> pursue my love in photography is turning out to be a
> disappointment -- to a point that after months and
> hundreds of rolls of film, no picture possess the
> image that I feel proud enough to even post on the
> forum for any feedbacks. I'm indeed a little perplexed
> and depressed. It almost seems like a similar feeling
> of one reflecting what one could do both in physical
> ability as well as perception in life during one's
> youth, is now gone as one reaches mid-life. Could it
> all be a case of too much of anything being
> detrimental and I'm indeed going through a cycle of
> photography overload ?
> 
> Any old-timers here ever gone through a similar
> situation ?
> 
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