The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

I get a slight twinge in my pants when I get a good one. I think. Haven't had that happen yet.

Maybe your pants are too tight.

 

[bribrius]

i screwed up today shooting. a. forgot my white balance. b. for got my exposure a couple times. c. didnt walk enough i should have walked more. d. got trapped into friggn with abstracts again, which i am trying to break myself out of. i am over it though. 89 frames so that means tomorrow i only have to do 51.

 

[snerd]

I get a slight twinge in my pants when I get a good one. I think. Haven't had that happen yet.

Maybe your pants are too tight.

 

[Gary A.]

i screwed up today shooting. a. forgot my white balance. b. for got my exposure a couple times. c. didnt walk enough i should have walked more. d. got trapped into friggn with abstracts again, which i am trying to break myself out of. i am over it though. 89 frames so that means tomorrow i only have to do 51.

Why are you counting frames?

 

[bribrius]

i screwed up today shooting. a. forgot my white balance. b. for got my exposure a couple times. c. didnt walk enough i should have walked more. d. got trapped into friggn with abstracts again, which i am trying to break myself out of. i am over it though. 89 frames so that means tomorrow i only have to do 51.

Why are you counting frames?

Trying to do 70 a day. That is what is in that untitled thread. i am pulling out randomly from what i shot that day.

 

[Designer]

i think i figured out one of my photographic problems. i like to take photos but i dont actually give a chit about them.

You're making progress.

Now try to care about the image BEFORE you snap a photo.

The step following that one is to care about the image after you have taken the photo.

 

[Designer]

That actually is a problem. When I was working, I was so into what I was doing that when I snapped an exceptional image my finger woud get a slight tingle.

Your finger?

 

[sm4him]

OH MY GOD! There's a channel that shows a bunch of old television shows and the GORN EPISODE IS ON!!! I'm unreasonably excited

Kirk just figured out the sulfur.

There should really be an "all Star Trek, all the time" channel. I'd watch that.

 

[Gary A.]

That actually is a problem. When I was working, I was so into what I was doing that when I snapped an exceptional image my finger woud get a slight tingle.

Your finger?

Yes, lol, back when I was shooting everyday for keeps, my shutter release finger would sorta tingle when it all came together ... when I snapped something worth publishing.

 

[Gary A.]

7:00 a.m. and 54F this morn, off to my 7:30 campaign meeting ... Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers.

 

[limr33 2]

Morning, Tio!

I ain't going nowhere today. Freezing rain at the moment. My sister's birthday lunch is postponed, so I'll spend the day cleaning and developing my black and white vacation film.

 

[bribrius]

i think i figured out one of my photographic problems. i like to take photos but i dont actually give a chit about them.

You're making progress.

Now try to care about the image BEFORE you snap a photo.

The step following that one is to care about the image after you have taken the photo.

That made me chuckle. Everything is sorta looking the same to me at this point. Hard to find a image worth caring about at all. Not worried about it. The minimum shutters gives me incentive to at least keep my camera skills up. And putting through seventy frames of seventy things within a couple to a few hours pretty much guarantees i am not spending much time on each one. Not sure on making progress. I was probably better at this 20 years ago. I am coming back into my own again.

 

[limr33 2]

So...this question is going to sound rude, but I don't mean it to be:

If you don't care about the photos, why are you trying so hard to get better at taking them? Is it to maintain a sense of purpose since you're being told that you shouldn't work anymore?

 

[bribrius]

So...this question is going to sound rude, but I don't mean it to be:

If you don't care about the photos, why are you trying so hard to get better at taking them? Is it to maintain a sense of purpose since you're being told that you shouldn't work anymore?

to a extent, it gives me something to do. i could also do it for work (maybe). There was a time i was shooting nude models in my hay day. Also it puts me back on track on a track i was on before. something i can relate too as i have been down this road once. When they went through my lists of occupations, education and history, even hobby interests. Photography is about the only thing left they are willing to permit me to do. least right now. I am to frucked up to do anything else. LMAO. Basically, i flipped out and said "so wtf you expect me to do?" And they said "well you started photography 22 years ago so go back and do that. we aren't recommending you return to regular employment. "

 

[limr33 2]

You've mentioned a few times that you thought about getting back into film. Maybe that will make you more invested in the pictures? Give you a different sort of intellectual challenge that might help?

It seems like you're working at the photography without actually have a direction to that work. Maybe a specific assignment, if you could get paid work, would help keep you focused.

Sorry you're "all frucked up"

Edit: And sorry for the unsolicited advice. I'd like things to be better for you, but I'm sure everyone is throwing suggestions and recommendations at you, so my throwing more things at you may not be helpful.