How long without taking a photo?

I have since a couple of week a Delta 100 in the Bessa at 12 or 13 frame. I have an expired xp2 in the Rollei 35T, this I'll probably finish in the next few days. No film in the m7 or in the other cameras.
Not really working on a specific project now (a couple of ideas are in stand-by). Laziness is part of the life sometimes!
robert
 
I once had a very lean patch than lasted about 5 years, until about 2005 then I decided to get back into in and was shocked at how alot of the photo retailers locally had vitrually given up on film
 
lxmike said:
I once had a very lean patch than lasted about 5 years, until about 2005 then I decided to get back into in and was shocked at how alot of the photo retailers locally had vitrually given up on film
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Mine lasted 10 or 12 years.
During that time I was doing a lot of video.
Now I maybe go four or five days without taking a picture even though I may see something "worth" taking ...but just not to me.
Well not on that day anyway.
 
John Lawrence said:
Just over three weeks for me.

The snow has hampered some of my plans, and I'm so sick of seeing snow pictures everywhere that I just can't bring myself to go out and take anything until the white stuff clears!

John
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I'm with John here. It's so hard to get motivated to try to go out and take pictures when the weather is ugly. Plus, because of how little sunlight there is, I can only really take pictures on the busy, busy weekends. Once the holidays are over, I imagine I'll have a bit more time on the weekends to make pictures.
 
I shoot most days - today included. Having said that I prefer bad weather - rain, wind, snow and the like - which is just as well living here on the Outer Hebrides.
 
With all the snow we've been having here I thought I would try some snow scenes, landscape etc but it bores me. I realise all I'm interested in is street photography. A bit of architecture maybe, graffiti. And I find I'm getting very particular about what I want to photograph on the street these days. I've been doing street stuff for about 4 or 5 years now ( I know not long compared to some of the guys on here) and I think I know what I'm looking for......a look that I know when I see it. Doesn't happen very often though. There are days when I don't shoot but working full-time in a stressful job and in my late 50's I'm knackered half the time. I find printing very time consuming....although I love being in the darkroom but 2-3 hours max normally. I make too many mistakes after a couple of hours. And I have other hobbies.....cycling and reading books. They're time consuming. I need to be retired from work. That's the solution.
 
Had a 'photo-free' moment of 16 years. Before this 'doldrums' I used to get nervous when I hadn't picked up my camera for a few days. Now a days I couldn't care less.(e.g. when a pro....that's tough..)
The best thing to relax about it, inspiration will come, circumstances will change.
The harder you try, the harder it gets, the more frustrated you get.
 
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Right out of tech school (electronics) in the mid-1980's
I worked for a major camera manufacturer doing camera repair,
a position I left after less than a year.
This coincided with the start of an approximately ten year period
during which I seldom if ever took any photos.

After my daughter was born (1995) I gradually began getting back into photography.
Perhaps using the camcorder helped rouse some creative impulse.

For the last five years I have been working nights full-time
with no prospect of a change in schedule.
This coincides with my current photographic "dry spell".

When I began working nights I consoled myself with the delusion that it would encourage my photography.
After all, I am just leaving work during the good light of morning, right?
Alas most days I am so tired my only concerns are to beat the traffic and crawl into my my warm bed... :(

Chris
 
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