It’s been a weird year, I’ve had other things to do…These are some of the excuses I’ve made to myself to explain away my lack of photography recently. When I say recently I mean for over 12 months.
There are plenty of other reasons (excuses), some real some imagined, but for one reason or another I’ve really struggled to motivate myself to get out, walk, take pictures and sit at my computer looking through what actually took pictures of when I did go out.
The odd thing is, when I did go out I enjoyed it immensely. It reminded me that no matter what is going in the world (you know what I’m talking about, I shan’t mentioned that C word here) it is the simple pleasures that keep me/you sane.
I’ve never took pictures to gain any anykind of recognition, to forge a career in photography, I do it cause I like it, I like looking at things, taking pictures of things and making my own little memories just because.
It’s true to say that for someone like myself who likes to take pictures of people in ordinary urban environments, the last 9 months have been trying.
I’ve had no desire to photograph people in masks, or people at all for that matter. Sure I have, but I’ve felt like this has been as far from ordinary as you could possibly get. This is probably why I’ve just not been feeling it!
The morale of the story is? Well I still don’t know really, maybe it’s just one of those things, like writers block. Maybe I needed to stop for a while, perhaps I’d got bored or to critical of my own work, what ever it was I hope I’m through it, because walking, camera in hand is one of my things, it’s when I’m oblivious to many things I don’t understand nor want to. And it’s a fine feeling indeed.
Note to self - who needs inspiration…Just go and do what it was you did before, as long as you enjoy it, that’s all that really matters.
Steve
