What (if anything) would make you give up photography ?

Burnout and boredom. It's happend three times so far.

I'm surprised by the number of people who say things like "death". There are so many other worthwhile things to do in life, I don't feel permanently nailed to any one of them.
 
If I could find a woman gullible enough to stand in front of a preacher and say "I do," I might find I don't have enough time for photography. Not having a SWMBO leaves a lot of spare time. :)
 
nikon_sam said:
The ability to draw...I have a cousin who is so talented when it comes to drawing...if I could do what he does I could walk away from photography...
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This is interesting, in the light of the famous quote from this man:

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"I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn."
 
mdarnton said:
Burnout and boredom. It's happend three times so far.

I'm surprised by the number of people who say things like "death". There are so many other worthwhile things to do in life, I don't feel permanently nailed to any one of them.
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Most people have little dedication to anything in life aside from having a good time. Those who love photography so much that only death could stop them are the ones who will make their mark in the world.
 
Poetry or painting, maybe, for their greater potential expressiveness and the relative ease with which they can transcend reality.

John
 
thegman said:
My thoughts exactly, it would out of simply losing interest. For me it's just a hobby, although a keen one. It's possible I'll just lose my enthusiasm.

Garry
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Dear Garry,

I might even get scared off by people who keep telling me what I OUGHT to do, or that so-and-so ISN'T PHOTOGRAPHY.

Cheers,

R.
 
I personally hope that they'll burry my cold body with a camera when I'll die, just in case I can keep it with me on the other side, like the Ancient Egyptians did, so I'll never stop making photographs. ;)
 
I thought about Roger Hicks mentioning boredom. Before digital photography flooded the world with a billion images and there was merely film, you had to work at making a superior image (developing, enlarging, dodging, burning, printing, on and on) so not every Tom, Dick and Harry wanted to commit to the time and the learning curve, ergo fewer photographers and I felt as if I belonged to a highly skilled and somewhat elite group. Could have been an illusion. I guess I got bored looking at the flood of images (and probably disillusioned, too), and almost quit.

But I finally came around to a simple fact: There are good photographs and then there are all the rest and now that the whole world is snapping away and seeming to have great fun doing it, let it be, I thought, get over it. And I did.

I have the dry form of macular degeneration (ony 8%), so I'm probably good for a few more years. If and when I lose my sight I think I would take up the piano. You feel the keys, and in a way you hear what you feel.
 
From the mid-1970's to the mid-1980's I pursued photography as a hobby.
In 1986 fresh out of tech school my first job was in camera repair at Olympus.
I stayed less than one year, and afterward didn't pick up a camera for a decade.

Chris
 
Paralysis maybe, but not blindness. I'd at least hope I could get some shots that would be interesting to others by just using feel and ears to create an image.

And of course I'd need to bracket big time to get the lighting right:D
 
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