burn out?

[FrankS]

I understand what you're saying Roger, but sometimes for some, a different piece of gear (not a less pleasant one to use though) like a different subject matter (brought about by travel for instance) can help with photographic doldrums.

 

[Godfrey]

Making photographs is the cure for my periods of burnout. Even if they're not world beating photographs, just doing it is a palliative that provides inspiration.

G

 

[brennanphotoguy]

I get burned out shooting the same stuff over and over again. I live and work in NYC and for about two years in midtown where "all the action is" and while it was fun for a while it got old and I hardly ever shot in midtown. Then I moved to a Brooklyn location and new job within the same company and shot in Brooklyn my entire walk to work and about a month ago I realized I hardly pull my camera out of my bag on the walk to work in the mornings. I find myself not even wanting to shoot street as much anymore and go back to automotive where I started and try my hand at something new like landscapes and get back to other stuff I used to do like shooting musicians. Some of that is hard to do in NYC so I try and find interesting ways to shoot the stuff around me, most of the time that means just finding little details in my walks to and from work.

 

[Roger Hicks]

I understand what you're saying Roger, but sometimes for some, a different piece of gear (not a less pleasant one to use though) like a different subject matter (brought about by travel for instance) can help with photographic doldrums.

Dear Frank,

Sure. It's all intensely personal. I'm just warning that others' solutions won't work for everyone. Even so, on most Sundays from spring to summer I get a photographic "fix" at vide greniers: http://rogerandfrances.eu/vide-greniers/vide-greniers

Cheers,

R.