Tips for staying inspired, motivated and finding the time
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bring your cam whenever possible coz there's always 1 or 2 moment you wish you could capture...haha...ya...don't really have the luxury to shoot unless wake up 6 on sat/sun to shoot. I know some of them do so...respect:thumbsup:
For me, these are my inspiration & motivation
1) Photo contest
Join a photo contest, you have good reason to go out and take great photos
2) Life upgrading
On Saturday, I have only have 2 choices
a) stay at home and listen to deafening life upgrading noise :angry:
or
b) go out and take photos to enjoy some peace and quiet
3) Girlfriend
On Sunday, I need to help her carry her Canon 50D with her lens bag and tripod.
If my tips don't help, look at this video ( 8 secret of successful people )
http://http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html
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Hmm.
I need to accept lesser weddings... 3 on a weekend is leaving me enough backlog to last me a month.
and its starting to get monotonous with all the "standard" wedding schedules, and "standard" wedding shots people want.
i think its time for a retreat to recuperate the mind and bring it back to creativity
I need to accept lesser weddings... 3 on a weekend is leaving me enough backlog to last me a month.
and its starting to get monotonous with all the "standard" wedding schedules, and "standard" wedding shots people want.
i think its time for a retreat to recuperate the mind and bring it back to creativity
Try looking for "Woah!" shots on here and on flickr. That should keep you inspired, I think. And when you're inspired, you'll find time.
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It's really frustrating when you're stuck on a plateau: pictures are OK, you're not regressing but you're not progressing either. And it continues for a few months and you start to give up.
It's really frustrating when you're stuck on a plateau: pictures are OK, you're not regressing but you're not progressing either. And it continues for a few months and you start to give up.
Yea, it's inevitable. Really sucks when you're in a rut.
Do not be confused about what you love to do...... I have known so many people who realized that it is not photography that they love and stay motivated about....... its actually the love for different things.... and the wish to capture that through photography..... like nature, the outdoors, travel, curiosity about different cultures, strange shapes etc etc etc ...... and the camera equipment are just tools to capture what they love
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it is a bit of everything. sometimes it's just an excuse to be able to stand in the middle of sea pretending to photograph... otherwise, it would be really weird, won't it? :bsmilie:
Actually it is fun to wake up at 4:30-5am and go out to shoot a sunrise on weekends. So peaceful and beautiful... One of my favorite activities come weekend.
Fortunately most of us doing this as a hobby, not work. Yeah, things have cycles and ups/downs. The trick is handling the down and how to move out of it. Sometimes we don't and maybe it's time to move on to something else
I leave my camera in my bag all the time and bring my camera with me almost everywhere.
Good timing to take pictures would be before and after work. Just plan to when you would like to go shooting and bring your tripod along. Leave the house around 5 and shoot till you need to go to work. After work, you can try to catch the sunset. I do this maybe about one to two times a week.
Good timing to take pictures would be before and after work. Just plan to when you would like to go shooting and bring your tripod along. Leave the house around 5 and shoot till you need to go to work. After work, you can try to catch the sunset. I do this maybe about one to two times a week.
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