“There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

[redrockcoulee]

If the mind is not in the right space it is harder to find or create a shot as well. I find that if I force myself to find something to shoot, I end up with shots that look like I was forced to shoot them. I have no problem with walking away from a place with no images if the light is poor, the place does nothing for me or my mind is just not into it. I am a amatuer and as such I have that luxury and do not want to waste my time processing and printing images I do not like. That is not to say one cannot work a place and find many very interesting images that were totally missed on first sight but there may not be anything there for you that day or some days there is nothing for you anywhere.

[mandoman7]

It seems easier to find images that satisfy our own interests, as versus creating an image that speaks to others. I've got stacks of negatives of subjects I've found interesting that nobody else finds that stimulating. On the other hand, it does seem that in the process of keeping busy, magical things can occasionally happen. I was listening to this Buddhist guy the other day talking about the deeper insights not coming from effort, to paraphrase.

[Heroique]

...I was listening to this Buddhist guy the other day talking about the deeper insights not coming from effort, to paraphrase.

“Use the Force, Luke. Let go, Luke.”

[John Kasaian]

At almost $4 per 8x10 sheet of HP-5+, I ain't gonna shoot unless it is something I really want, LOL!

[Bruce Barlow]

Prime the Pump - make the best picture you can see at that moment. If oyu're having trouble seeing anything, Get Small and look for something small to make a composition out of.

Most times, one or the other gets the blood flowing, and the pictures that weren't there suddenly are.

There are pictures everywhere, if only we can see them.

Film is cheap compared to the opportunity.

[Alan Curtis]

Bruce
Good to have you back on the forum. Your comments are always thought provoking.

[Jody_S]

I will often just sit on a log or a rock and daydream for half an hour if nothing catches my fancy. The motivation to get up and shoot something is often the mosquitoes that make movement an imperative.

[Brian C. Miller]

Once again, you're stuck at home. But you have lots of left over stuff from building model trains. And a sense of humor...



Isn't it nice to see that Cambo?

[Mark Barendt]

Very cool.

[Brian C. Miller]

From Germany, Markus Reugels has a demonstration of water drop photography. My Vivitar 283 quit on me years ago, so now I'll have an excuse to buy a few, a microcontroller and other assorted fun things, and have some fun!