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 p.5 #14 · Getting Unstuck - How do you re-motivate yourself? | |
Haha, some great answers on this page  Thanks for the little compliments sprinkled in between other things.
My long list was half tongue-in-cheek, half serious. I do not intend to do every single thing on that list before shooting more (as indeed I continue to shoot lightly even now), but too many of those things don't leave my mind, and so burden me every day. I need to clear my head for the big task ahead: choosing my next project and direction. I cannot do this without a clear head, and I strongly desire to do it. My interest in and love for photography grows all the time, yet I have started to sense a hollowness to my work, and want to dig into something more substantial and meaningful. Paraphrasing Mike Johnston, I need an opinion, not just an eye.
Today I imported all the photos in my library into Lightroom 4, so that is one huge (in my mind) task gone, and in fact, it was easier than I thought. I also wrapped up my blogging backlog, which clears my head for visiting more exhibitions. I really do enjoy writing, and would like to do it more. I have to admit though, that I need to write closer to the events I am blogging about; I was kinda rushing through this. But no harm done, there will be better entries when my brain is free again.
I do need to address my film pile. I really enjoy developing film, and I can tolerate the scanning. I do really look forward to seeing what I have got, and actually doing this work will allow me to make some of the decisions on future films to stock, which cameras to keep, and so on. I will have some time in the next few weeks, maybe I will even be able to do a few rolls tomorrow. Until mid-December, I am basically at work or with my daughter, but after that I can probably get some free time for short trips and such. Hrannar, I don't analyse MTFs I sometimes compare two lenses I own, to sell one.
The Contax 50 task is to remove the Leitax mount and put the original Contax mount back on the camera. A 5-minute task. If I could find the mount @$%^*. This lens is going to be permanently mounted to my Contax bellows, if it is good enough, so it would be great to get this done.
Mirek, I have thought of this and started a few times, but I always drop it. I guess it just isn't something which I feel is for me to do. A real Berliner should be doing this. I have only been here for 11 years and am not German.
Paul, it is a real backlog, not only things I don't like to do. My girlfriend is nearing her law exams, and between that, a full-time job, and doing the finances for our kindergarten I am sorely short of time. Having a couple of other hobbies (programming, music) which I enjoy also puts pressure on my time, although I have mostly stuck to photography for a while now, since it is more different from the rest of my life than the other two, and I need that.
Daniel, I have already done this type of tasks on a continual basis this year. What I could do this winter is to pick up a couple of my favourite projects and push them further, just to relax.
Upcoming important tasks, the rest can probably wait, subject to re-evaluation once these are gone:
- develop films (scanning can come on a rainy day, true)
- process kid shots (won't take long, I am pretty sure)
- write up Russia (for here: http://throughthelensdarkly.com/trips/index.html <- this site is quite out of date; I will deal with that too one day)
- test 35 Lux-R vs. ZF.2 35/1.4 and decide if I want to keep both.
- sell equipment
- go through my photo library and delete duds. I have already done this partially, but I estimate that I need to delete 80-85% of what's left. Over 500GB is just silly.
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writing is too much words, a pictures says it all. No writing: check
spend it on the thing you like to the most.