Getting more serious about Photography
Most people already know that I like photography. Sometimes it is all I can talk about; what new gadgets, lenses, camera bodies or flash accessories are available. I also really enjoy teaching other people what I know about photography, and sometimes I teach those who don’t want to know about it. Yeah, I get annoying about my hobby sometimes.
Lately, I have committed to getting more serious about it though. Not more serious in the way where I wil be come completely annoying and be the guy that will talk endlessly about nothing else. But more serious in getting the two-thousand or so photographs I have waiting to be run through post-processing into my ‘DONE’ pile. And to extend my seriousness even further, I have committed to THINKING about my shots as I take them: double-checking for distractions in my background, protecting my highlights, using the rule of thirds, all the things I already know but have been kind of lazy about deploying.
I think this sudden change has something to do with a new can-do attitude I have that has developed by way of my running (see my previous post Being 42 and feeling 29 again). It may sound strange but ever since I have started this endeavor, I have felt more creative, more willing to concentrate harder on my hobby.
Now, some of what has grown my queue of photos waiting to be tweaked to two-thousand is the fact that I have other pressing priorities and smaller creatures around the house called ‘children’ (sometimes I like to call them ‘serious distractions form my dream state’). And some of what has taken my concentration away from photography has been other distractions, some good, some not so good. But I have gone back to taking my camera with me when I go to work in case I see a shot on my way. I have also started “seeing” with that photographers’ eye again.
So, getting serious is not me starting a new business, although it is on the back of my mind. Getting serious is really just getting back to basics for me and trying to stick with it from now on.
