Jan 09 2008
photographic ramblings
This particular post is about photography, but I’m sure it would be easy enough to insert your own hobby here. It’s the thought process I’m trying to articulate.
With the beginning of the new year, I’ve been try to get a fresh start with my photography. I’ve taken down all my images from my photo blog (except the Thanksgiving Portraits), and I’ve been re-thinking what I do and do not like regarding my hobby. My tastes are changing. There once was a time when I only wanted to do portrait work … this is becoming less and less true. All of the sudden I’m finding myself more worried about pleasing my portrait subjects more than myself …. that’s not fun, no fun at all in fact. So let’s put that on hold for now. I’ll always love candid people shots, but that’s not portraiture … they have nothing in common. Last year I had some good luck with macro shots … and I enjoy it. The problem is that macro photography is a dime a dozen – there’s so much high quality stuff floating around the web it becomes hard for me to like my own stuff.
Jessamyn bought me a 2x extender for my 200mm lens this year, which means I now have a 400mm lens, which on a 35mm film camera would be equivalent to 640mm. That’s long. So I’m thinking this spring is going to be all about birds. I’d really like to get a few good red tailed hawk shots, they’re everywhere … but getting close to them isn’t easy.
In any event, I’m mentally trying to get myself going … but I think it’s going to take a few small successes before I start feeling good about my stuff. Hope that happens soon.
