Guilt and Photography

[Photo_Smith]

What about when you have three kids, a job, house etc and have so little time that when you take images you're aware you have other things to do.
So guilt? Yes when I take time out of life to make an image that is my guilt. 🙂

 

[Fedupwithdigital]

I go for long periods without using my cameras due to having to work like a dog periodically. I feel guilt, but that's because I'm neglecting my wife and kids, not because I'm not taking photographs. As far as photography is concerned, what I feel is frustration! I've got a Ricoh 500G and a Konica C35 in pieces and can't get round to fixing them. And I've got a Konica Auto S2 that needs some attention but is sitting in a box. Grrrr.

But hey at least I've got a job!

 

[falleri]

Option one but as others pointed out, mostly frustrated. A bit guilty because I'm always too hard on myself and don't accept periods of not making anything (of some importance). However for me breaks from photography can mean I start drawing a lot and then it's healthy for me, I don't feel comfortable when I don't create anything for a while. It makes me nervous. Like somehow I lost something. And it makes me feel lazy. I need to at least make something.

 

[alun severn]

Yes, I do feel guilty - to such an extent that over recent months, after much heart searching and navel-gazing I sold every bit of my Leica gear. Use it or lose it, they say, and in a spirit of self-piunishment (I think) I decided that this should also apply to me and expensive camera equipment. To be completely honest, it still feels like the right decision - a curious sense of relief that I am no longer compelled to go out constantly to take pictures I thought were for the most part second-rate....

 

[Spanik]

Neither, more regret I didn't take/had time.

 

[Paul Jenkin]

As of today (26/10) it's less than a percentage point difference - which I find surprising.

I sometimes go for a few weeks without taking a photo. Occasionally, it's due to other priorities and other times, I just don't feel like it (which is unusual in itself). My mood tends to be more one of frustration than guilt - I can't understand why anyone would feel "guilty" about not taking photos - unless, of course, the photos were commissioned by / paid for by someone else.