Wonderful blog entry by Kirk Tuck

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If you're not sure who he is, google him and find out. One of the most balanced and well grounded professional 'togs I've ever read about.

Anyway this is the latest blog entry, he discusses 'going solo' when shooting, and how to find out what you love about photography. I love this paragraph.

Here's what I learned: If you want to do photography at a level that really satisfies your soul and your ego you'll need to do it alone. Forget having the spouse or girlfriend or best friend or camera buddy tagging along. Forget the whole sorry concept of the "photo walk" which does nothing but engender homogenization and "group think." Leave all electronics in your hotel room. Cut off all communications, during the day, from or to the "real world" and immerse yourself in the hunt for images. Learn what makes your brain salivate and why. Learn to operate that camera by braille. And make your decisions based on what your inner curator wants you to say.

Everything else is just play time ********.

Many of you will throw your hands up and complain that you have kids and obligations and can't possibly get away by yourself. Others will whine that "their spouse would never let me go to Paris without them." But you only get one life. If you have a spouse like that you might think about a quick divorce. If you have kids you might think about the example you are showing them. That life is the adventure and you either sit at home and watch or you get up and participate.
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dd1989 said:
If you're not sure who he is, google him and find out. One of the most balanced and well grounded professional 'togs I've ever read about.

Anyway this is the latest blog entry, he discusses 'going solo' when shooting, and how to find out what you love about photography. I love this paragraph.



http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.co...+TheVisualScienceLab+(The+Visual+Science+Lab)
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What an amazing blog, thank you for sharing that.. everything he said is so true!

My favourite part has to be this;

None of your non-photographer friends will understand, and that's okay. Your real photographer friends will either be jealous or nodding their heads in appreciative approval because they've been there. When you see the world unfold in front of you, unencumbered by the social construct of the group, you become freed to see differently and make different decisions about what you'll photograph and why. In the end you'll come home with intensely personal photographs. Quirky photographs. Powerful photographs.
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it's so true and I couldn't agree more!
 
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Very good read

I do find I have most pleasure from photography when I am alone
 
His whole blog is very good, I read everything he posts. Meet-ups are good for banter and make transport easier, but you do tend to find 10000 threads the next day all with the same photos.
 
The ending does it for me, just exactly how I feel a lot of the time, but am unable to articulate, or accomplish, sadly.

"And do it NOW before your life has passed you by and you regret the choices you never made.

Cameras may change but the hunt goes on, unabated. Don't wait for all the stars to line up. Don't wait for the lottery. We feel richer from our experiences than from any item we buy. It's just our human nature."
 
Nick T said:
Nope - I've just booked a 3 day holiday to go photograph the Northern Lights in Iceland in January on my own... and the wife's fine with that :)
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That's what she told me too......................:D...............:exit:
 
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