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LarryD
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« on: August 11, 2008, 02:14:19 AM »

I wonder how many of you feel like I do. That is I have to use a camera of some type every day or I feel like the day is lost in some way. I just loaded a Yashica A and plan on using it today but every day I have to shoot at least 1 frame of something or I don't feel right and at least 1 day a week I have to process a roll of film to feel compete . I keep 2 loaded cameras in my car with 6 lenses and every room of the house has a loaded camera in it except the Kitchen.

Do I need help?

Larry
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2008, 05:02:48 AM »

Help? Hell no! You're on the right track.

Larry, If you tell me how to catch your disease, I will volunteer to be inoculated. I've got working high quality cameras up the cazoo and yet I take so few photos these days. And when I do, it's testing out some new (for me) camera or lens.

Worst of all I go to the same old haunts to see how the photo gear interpret familiar architecture and flora. I know you go very often to a favorite cemetery, but you show us a lot of variation. I need a creative jump start to get some satisfying results.

Thanks for putting up this thread, Larry; it's a wake up call.

Les

Added note: There is an Italian expression: A day without wine, is a day without sunshine.

That philosophy I follow, but I must add yours, re photolosophy
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2008, 05:10:13 AM »

Thanks I am going to the bone yard today loaded the "A" with a roll of old Classic Pan I had in the freezer I will try to put a new spin on old stones.

 Just get out there and shoot forget the lenses and what camera you have just shoot and have fun. I think it is time I quit worrying about what others think and just do what makes me feel good. SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT.

 Also with Freestyle selling unmarked Tri-X I can afford to SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT.
http://photo.net/black-and-white-photo-film-processing-forum/00QJnE

Above link gave me an answer I needed also.

Thanks Les I feel better.
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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2008, 07:50:53 AM »

You bet, Larry.  As I get older, the urgency to shoot keeps growing on me.
I still use the SLR collection, but so-o-o-o much more often, my Olympus
Stylus Epic goes in the pocket, or the Konica 35 AF in the back of the car.  I just got a Kiev 4, my first, and this will be great in the waist pack.
Time's awastin', we don't live forever, and it's something to enjoy.(I notice on my morning walks, when I have a camera, even oft photographed subjects, can present a new angle).
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2008, 10:28:51 AM »

You don't ned help. I need help. I got so many cameras that are slowly starving. Seems like the days just fly by and I get nothing done. Sad
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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2008, 02:38:30 PM »

I feel that way too and like to do some shooting every day. Even if the shots are nothing more than a kind of visual diary, they're of interest to me and my family. And I find the more I carry a camera around, the more interesting shots I get, simply because I have a camera with me.

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« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2008, 12:23:42 PM »

I go through spells in my photography where I don't think I am out shooting enough - I miss it and want to shoot more - the tell tale signs are usually that I start looking for something to buy which will help me take more photos - like film, lenses, cameras, filters, etc.
 
I recently went through a dry period, and more recently, have been able to get out a bunch - digital and film. I am now realizing that while it is great to out for a morning and burn through some film or CF cards, that invariably leads to developing, scanning, editing, etc - which can take more time than the original shooting. I feel great when I am out shooting, but I feel pressured to DO SOMETHING with the photos when I get home. (edit, tweak, print, share, etc.)
 
I am slowly learning to be more careful in my compositions, and shoot less - prepare more, and consequently spend less time on 'post-production'. That way there is less to do afterwards, at home, after the kids are asleep, and the dishes are done, and the laundry is folded, you know - in the late hours of the evening - when I should be sleeping because I am working the next day!
 
So, in summary - YES I want to shoot every day! Does that work for me - no!
 
Do you need help? ...well not for your camera/photography fetish... maybe for something else? Wink
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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2008, 01:30:49 PM »

Gee Thanks ...I think. Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2008, 12:50:51 AM »

it is true.... my days have become gray and cloudy
I have to find my photo-mojo again Sad
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« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2008, 06:49:15 AM »

I share the opinion that a day without photography is a lost day.  That's not an issue, in my mind.

My problem is that on those days, I compensate by acquiring more equipment that I don't have time to use.  There's just so much fun stuff out there to try.  I think it's my version of mid-life crisis.  Could be worse, I guess.

I sincerely hope that I don't lose this interest and the drive to take photos when I retire, and actually have time to pursue it.  

At this rate, I'll certainly be well-equipped if/when that time ever comes...

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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2008, 10:11:56 PM »

I always take a camera with me when I go out. I can't say that I shoot every time I go out. I tell myself I had better drag it along because if I dont that will be the day the alien spaceship plops down in front of my car on my way to town and I will miss the million dollar photo op.  On those days when I walk back in my door with the camera unfired I feel a little lower in justification but the cure for that is to review the number of useless digital photos still sitting on my pc. I nuke a few of those and feel better. For some reason I suspect that summer is the worst time of the year for my photo eye. I see more and shoot better the rest of the year.  I often  muse on a statement by one of the more famous Canadian painters, a member of the Group of Seven, who was wailing on about the tyranny of the unrelenting full blown greens of full summer. Maybe he was right.
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« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2008, 04:42:51 PM »

Another thing about trying to do some shooting every day -- it's really helpful for rotating through your camera collection if you own several bodies.

Gene
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« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2008, 04:27:02 PM »

An interesting and challenging video article about blind photographers...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/09/09/hancocks.mideast.eyes.wide.shut.cnn
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« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2008, 07:30:00 AM »

Reminds me of the blind photographer in the movie, Pecker, which is a good flick if you haven't seen it. About a kid into photography for the fun of it until things go wrong when it stumbles into the big time.

BTW, I took my first picture yesterday in nearly a month. It was a great month.

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« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2008, 11:33:57 AM »

A day without snapping a shutter is a day without pay.
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