Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To tell you the truth, I get photographers block on a nearly regular basis. I went to art school (B.F.A) and now, everything I look at and am about to take a picture of, makes me thing "Oh, don't bother, its been done before" or "No point, your vision isn't anything special" .. The funny thing is my S.O. keeps telling me how wonderful she thinks my photography is.. I have a really hard time actually listening to her.. So, I carry my camera(s) everywhere I go in hopes of seeing something different. Some days I take photos.. most I don't. I've gone through months without shooting a single frame.. I always seem to come back to it though.. I guess thats the little voice in my head that says "Hey, idiot! you paid for that #@$ing education, use it!" :) - -Mark PS: Those of you in New Orleans have NO damn excuse.. that place is beautiful and I miss it dearly.. (mm muffaletta!!) On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Oh God, I just realized that I have a Rolex and a Mont Blanc within reaching > distance (my wife is into status symbols). And I have one of those acid-free > bound journals that Barnes and Noble sells. I'll charge up the pen with some > mocha-colored ink and do just that. Oh...the booze..... > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark Cohen > > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:36 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Photographer's block > > > > > > > > Buy a nice watch, get a bottle of single malt scotch (cragganmore!) and > > with your mont blanc or dupont write how artists block makes you feel ;) > > > > -Mark > > > > > > On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > > > > I just spent the past 4 hours roaming around the area looking > > for something > > > spongeworthy to shoot (for those of you in the UK, that just means > > > "worthy"), but am coming up blank. Sometimes, when there is a "theme" to > > > look for (like the current SP forum of "hair"), it makes it > > easier to focus > > > one's attention. I've never gone out and come back empty-handed. > > > > > > What do y'all do when that happens? In the past, I could just > > set out with > > > nowhere as a destination. Didn't work today. > > > > > > Jeffery Smith > > > New Orleans, LA > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html