When the passion fades….
June 24, 2009I feel caught in a runt and I no longer feel inspired to take images. Lately I have been spending a lot of time online checking out photo websites and blogs. There are so many photographers out there and their collective work is beginning to look the same to me. My fear is that I am adding my images to the electronic dumpster which we call the web. I keep asking myself; “Are my images any different from all that is out there?”
There is a part of me that really wants to set my camera aside, walk away and let it gather dust because I feel that I am not up to the task. I feel that I am not capable of making lasting, and memorable images. I love making images, I just hate it that currently I am making images for the sake of making them. Should I stop and take a break from photography, or should I continue to take pictures in the hope that as I do so I may get into the zone and begin to find my voice?
I feel you completely! There are times when the passion diminishes even for me. When I don’t want to even see a camera. And then something happens that re-ignites it. Hopefully that happens to you too.