Just like with everyone in every profession in every industry, Photographers hit a wall. They get burnt out and run low on passion. I myself included. I get in little ruts or funks and I just don't have the drive to pick up my camera. There are many reasons to feel this way - Being Completely over booked and feel like you are shooting the same session over and over just with different client. Maybe not having any family/friend/or alone time because your business has taken over your life! Or you could have too much time. Be under booked and feel like a complete failure because there isn't a session on the books all month. Either way missing the passion gets me feeling guilty, which makes the feeling worse, because in reality Photography sets my heart on fire. When this happens a few options are the best solutions.
1. Stop! just stop, stop scheduling, stop editing, stop shooting... decompress. Spend time refocusing on family, the home, friends and personal time. Just taking a break, letting it all just sit on the side till you have this nagging itching burning in your pointer finger to hit that shutter button. or
2. Shoot! Shoot for the heck of it. Anything, Everything, Anyone in front of you. Nothing special, nothing planned! Or everything planned. go out to a park and shoot nature. Put together a themed session that you have been just dying to do but never have time. DO IT. Don't worry about it being perfect this is for you to just let loose and and be in the moment. Try something new. Why not, no one is paying for this there is no pressure to make it amazing. No one to judge you or make you re-shoot it.
That is just what I did yesterday, I went out to shoot. I was babysitting my 8 yr old sister and I kept my son home from daycare. We had a fun morning planned and nothing beyond that. So we went to breakfast, we saw a movie, and my son DIDN'T nap. We went back to my place and they played while I reorganized my studio. They wanted to help. Why not, they can't hurt anything. Bad idea, they just fought about everything.!. So we needed to get out. But Where? It was almost 5 - Rush hour...nothing really close. I looked around and saw my old Camera. My 9 yr old little rebel that I fell in love with because it opened my world up. When I got that camera I shot because I wanted to. I knew nothing, I had no clients and I had idea what it could really do. 9 yrs old it has its problems and is showing its wear and tear. But it proved just how good a freind it truely is. We went to a park not to play but for me to just shoot. And thats what I did. These are some of the pictures I took and I totally fell in love. Now - I can't wait for the sessions I have coming up!
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