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It would appear the current financial climate is starting to bite into my line of work. Things are very, very quiet on the posh-house front at the moment. As such, I've now pretty much given up the photography side of my job, it's just no longer financially viable alas. I'm a little bit sad about it, but also a little bit glad too.
I wont rattle on and on for hours about that here but I'm now based mainly in the office working on the CAD side of the business and taking a healthy part in our training operation. More money too
The upside of all of this is that I've been given me a bit of a kick up the jacksy with regards to my own photography. I realised a couple of days ago that I haven't been out more than a couple of times shooting stuff for me (landscapes) for about 4 months or so. I've already developed more impetus to go out and do what I love doing in the last fortnight than I've had in the last 12 months!
So where do I go now?
I've had another epiphany of sorts over the last few days. I'm becoming increasingly disillusioned with digital as a medium for the kind of photography I enjoy. I'm fed up with seeing the mess of HDR everywhere I look, bland photo's that have been beaten around the head in a desperate attempt to drag something out of them, faddish stuff, shocking mono conversions etc.
I'm just as guilty as anyone of the above so please nobody think that any of this is directed at them. If you'd all seen some of the god-awful stuff I used to post when I first started and some of the trash that's lurking in my albums from when I was younger you'd laugh your eyes out. We all go through phases and we all have to learn. I've never been ashamed of my photos though and neither should anyone who's brave enough to post them up here for peer review!
Ok, so there's plenty of inspirational digital stuff all over the internet and people make great images all the time with nothing more than a 300d and the kit lens. I think, however, I've lost that joyful naivety, that fresh way of looking things that makes somebodies work stand out. I'm in a rut and I need to start thinking about what I'm shooting and what I'm trying to get across with my photographs.
So,
I'm hanging onto my digital stuff for now, I may change my mind, but I don't think so. I'm about to make the leap back to film. More importantly, large format. I've been doing some looking about and the depth of feeling that you get from a negative/transparency and a good print is far beyond anything digital will ever yield I think. I miss that magical feeling that got me into photography in the first place of shooting, developing and printing your own stuff. When digital first came around I loved it and was quite prepared to tell anyone who cared to argue with me that it was the way forward and film would be dead very shortly. IDIOT.
It's going to be a long and windy road as I think I'm going to have to re-learn everything about making a decent shot but I'm up for the challenge.
Anyway, I've rambled on for long enough now and probably sound like a complete pompous ass but 'meh' I've found my passion again so nerrrrrr!
I'm off to try and find a cheap Tachihara or Shen Hao, a 90mm lens and a few darkslides.
It would appear the current financial climate is starting to bite into my line of work. Things are very, very quiet on the posh-house front at the moment. As such, I've now pretty much given up the photography side of my job, it's just no longer financially viable alas. I'm a little bit sad about it, but also a little bit glad too.
I wont rattle on and on for hours about that here but I'm now based mainly in the office working on the CAD side of the business and taking a healthy part in our training operation. More money too
The upside of all of this is that I've been given me a bit of a kick up the jacksy with regards to my own photography. I realised a couple of days ago that I haven't been out more than a couple of times shooting stuff for me (landscapes) for about 4 months or so. I've already developed more impetus to go out and do what I love doing in the last fortnight than I've had in the last 12 months!
So where do I go now?
I've had another epiphany of sorts over the last few days. I'm becoming increasingly disillusioned with digital as a medium for the kind of photography I enjoy. I'm fed up with seeing the mess of HDR everywhere I look, bland photo's that have been beaten around the head in a desperate attempt to drag something out of them, faddish stuff, shocking mono conversions etc.
I'm just as guilty as anyone of the above so please nobody think that any of this is directed at them. If you'd all seen some of the god-awful stuff I used to post when I first started and some of the trash that's lurking in my albums from when I was younger you'd laugh your eyes out. We all go through phases and we all have to learn. I've never been ashamed of my photos though and neither should anyone who's brave enough to post them up here for peer review!
Ok, so there's plenty of inspirational digital stuff all over the internet and people make great images all the time with nothing more than a 300d and the kit lens. I think, however, I've lost that joyful naivety, that fresh way of looking things that makes somebodies work stand out. I'm in a rut and I need to start thinking about what I'm shooting and what I'm trying to get across with my photographs.
So,
I'm hanging onto my digital stuff for now, I may change my mind, but I don't think so. I'm about to make the leap back to film. More importantly, large format. I've been doing some looking about and the depth of feeling that you get from a negative/transparency and a good print is far beyond anything digital will ever yield I think. I miss that magical feeling that got me into photography in the first place of shooting, developing and printing your own stuff. When digital first came around I loved it and was quite prepared to tell anyone who cared to argue with me that it was the way forward and film would be dead very shortly. IDIOT.
It's going to be a long and windy road as I think I'm going to have to re-learn everything about making a decent shot but I'm up for the challenge.
Anyway, I've rambled on for long enough now and probably sound like a complete pompous ass but 'meh' I've found my passion again so nerrrrrr!
I'm off to try and find a cheap Tachihara or Shen Hao, a 90mm lens and a few darkslides.
