Inspirations, and life storys?

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In other words, Im not after a life story, but I need that kick in the A, I really want to make photography my life maybe future, and I just feel that Iv not got the Umph to go out and make it!

I just dont know what to do :|

Thanks if you do reply though to this :thumbs:
 
Photography gets me out and about when the weather is nice and when there's little else to do. It allows me to record my urban explores with a hint of art mixed in. I can take photographs of the railways when I'm out and about to remember a trip or a particular type of train. And when the weather is bad I can get creative inside the house with the extension tube and flash.

In other words, photography helps to keep me happy and occupied. My only other hobby really is computers, but that doesn't get me out of the house. getting out of the house is an important thing to everyone, and I firmly believe that photography is one of the new skills I have developed that helped haul me out of a long patchy spell of depression.

That motivating enough?!
 
I'm afraid there's only one answer to your question...

...You're going to have to start a 365! :D

You'll not regret it!

(P.S Trencheel do you have an Urbex Website at all?)
 
DJMorgan said:
I just dont know what to do :|
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Yes you do, you already said what you need to do.

but I need that kick in the A,
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You need to change if you want your life to change. Unfortunately, if you can't motivate yourself there's not a snowball's chance in hell of any of us being able to :shrug:
 
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You can't buy ooomph!

Get off your arse and go make it happen because nobody will do it for you.

There, does that help ;)
 
quite often it's a kick up the a** that motivates us to make changes in our lives.. without sounding too morbid... it's the death of a close friend / relative or a close shave with death, or a severe illness that suddenly gives people the incentive to 'live a little' and get on.

don't wait for one of the above. :thumbs:
 
Forget you! ...do it for us! ...the amount of advice and good will you get off everyone here

..you bloody well owe us some effort back!

Get off you bum and get to it ...

Ok, I want to see a detailed study of that rope you shot last week ... using as many different aspects of your knowledge as you can just on that rope... at least five shots of it in various forms. (copy other people if your short of ideas) ...You have one week to stick it up here or I’m going to petition the mods to ban you for a month.


:D :lol:
 
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and make me a sammich while you're at it.
 
http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/2009/11/09/letter-to-a-young-photographer/
http://www.zarias.com/transform-a-short-film-for-scottkelbycom/

are some good starts.

Spend a while surfing various blogs. Have a read around on sports shooter, some good insights even if sports is the last thing you ever want to shoot.

Flick around the work of some of the best and also upcoming people in the industry that you want to be in. Click through their portfolios, search out more of their work, whatever.

But most of all - shoot. Shoot more and more. Doesn't matter that much what it is, but imo, preferably people. Dealing with people is the hardest part of professional photography, but it is most certainly learnable, but there is only one way of doing it. Go out and shoot. Find every possible opportunity to shoot. Don't worry too too much about financials etc - don't get ripped off, but don't spend your whole life wondering where the next portrait assignment will come from - find a local magazine or something run at low/no profit that wants environmental portraits of people they interview shooting, or events, or or or or or etc.

Build a brand now. Website, business cards. It'll mean that when someone mentions something, you can offer a solution. Don't get vistaprint.

3 years ago I was a shy, nerdy 18 year old with naff all social skills, and went and bought a D40 and a couple lenses with some of my first few paychecks from my gap year job. Last night at a corporate event I made in 3 hours what I used to make in a week and a half full time. Nowhere near 'it', or where I want to be, yet though.

In ten years' time, I will answer your question much better :)

edit: oh, you didn't want a life story. this is embarrassing >_> .

there's loads of motivational stuff all over the net. Loads of books, 7 habits of highly effective people was crazily best selling. But end of the day, anything does need to come from yourself. Give yourself no option but to work. Real work, best fun in the world.
 
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DJMorgan said:
In other words, Im not after a life story, but I need that kick in the A, I really want to make photography my life maybe future, and I just feel that Iv not got the Umph to go out and make it!
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If you haven't got the Uumph as you put it then forget about making photography your life. If you are not passionate and champing at the bit to get out every minute of the day and night then you will find it a tough old road. Unless you have the passion, the dissapointments (and there will be many in all sorts of spheres) will make your life miserable.
 
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But most of all - shoot. Shoot more and more. Doesn't matter that much what it is, but imo, preferably people. Dealing with people is the hardest part of professional photography, but it is most certainly learnable, but there is only one way of doing it. Go out and shoot. Find every possible opportunity to shoot. Don't worry too too much about financials etc - don't get ripped off, but don't spend your whole life wondering where the next portrait assignment will come from - find a local magazine or something run at low/no profit that wants environmental portraits of people they interview shooting, or events, or or or or or etc.

Build a brand now. Website, business cards. It'll mean that when someone mentions something, you can offer a solution. Don't get vistaprint.

3 years ago I was a shy, nerdy 18 year old with naff all social skills, and went and bought a D40 and a couple lenses with some of my first few paychecks from my gap year job. Last night at a corporate event I made in 3 hours what I used to make in a week and a half full time. Nowhere near 'it', or where I want to be, yet though.

In ten years' time, I will answer your question much better :)
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Nice one Dave

I found that very inspirational - hope it works for Daniel too
 
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quite often it's a kick up the a** that motivates us to make changes in our lives.. without sounding too morbid... it's the death of a close friend / relative or a close shave with death, or a severe illness that suddenly gives people the incentive to 'live a little' and get on.

don't wait for one of the above. :thumbs:
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unfortunately my story involves something along these lines.
my mother died very suddenly in march of this year, and in the days and weeks after the funeral we came across hundreds of old photographs. more often than not they weren't great but still it was nice to have them to remember happier times.

at first i wanted to learn a little more about how to take a decent shot at family get-togethers and things like that. but now i'm becoming emmersed in the whole culture of photography and craving information. i have ideas for shots which i'm not capable of creating yet, so i write them down so that when i have the ability/equipment to be able to do them justice i can return to them.

i try to do something new each time i go out with the camera, one day it might be landscapes, another could be playing with depth of field. i even tried portraiture using my dads dog as a model lol. there are so many different aspects to play with and explore and finding out which you like and which you aren't too keen on is part of the process so get out there and shoot everything.

if it moves shoot it, if it doesn't move shoot it anyway lol
 
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