Just when I was getting totally bored with my photography, I joined a group of fellow photographers for a 'meet-up' at the Rockefeller Chapel. The organizer had arranged a tour of the chapel AND climbing to the top of the bell tower. The information indicated if you are afraid of heights and claustrophobic, not to sign up. But, I did anyway and am glad! Probably will use the shots from this during the week as a work trip coming up means little time for taking photos.
BUT, I caught a lightening strike on camera tonight!! In extras albusm... http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2015-06-07
Wonderful detail on this grand old chapel and how lovely to have a proper tour of it.
Interesting to hear you say that you are also getting bored and then I saw your comment on Sam's post. A lot of things rang true with what you said there especially the point that our goals change and that we are too hard on ourselves. My non 365 friends and my son keep telling me that, and I say it to other people but cannot seem to do it myself!
My goals have certainly changed this year as I've moved to shooting completely in raw and doing a lot more processing as a result. I know that I seem to expect more from myself.
Anyway, thanks for the insightful advice. Hope your phojo stays and have a good week.
Amazing looking building, beautiful architecture. It must have been such a treat to do a tour of the building.
I have been through the boredom and also realised that one can put too much pressure on oneself to get a picture daily. For over two years I posted a shot a day with no fillers. Now I don't even pick the camera up some days.
Beautiful looking building, and it makes me feel better that someone as talented as yourself struggles for inspiration sometimes. I desperately want to improve but progress is very slow and getting frustrated that I rarely have the opportunity to go anywhere new.
Really love the processing here. I am struggling with the opposite. With my sister here we have taken too many trips and I have too many pictures to process. I struggled in the winter because I couldn't get into indoor photography.
Great shot of the chapel, that sky is wonderful. I'd been in the same boat bored with my photography, I'd lost any motivation for a couple months, but I think this trip I took last week helped and hopefully I have some back. Glad you found something to spark you back again as well.
@dibzgreasley It's hard, I think, to maintain momentum like we do in Year One where everything is pretty new. Now, it feels to me if I didn't have 365, it would be too easy to slide into occasional photography again, and then I know I'd lose some of the processing skills that took so long to develop. And I still have so much to learn -- haven't even started PhotoShop yet. And despite knowing I've been lucky re settings...it still feels to me like I'm posting the same photo over and over. I read others that feel the same way, but I see their photos as being wonderful. So...not sure what to do with it except to keep plugging along. Not having to take and post from the same day now helps a lot. And if I miss a week, I don't worry about it so much anymore.
Fabulous image, great processing and details. Just read your comment above and must say, you're images are great. You seem to be able to get the right angle and composition time and time again. And because of that you don't need a lot of processing, except from your HDR work, which I like because you keep it natural looking. Just keep doing what you do best and try to improve on that.
This is a great shot - I agree with you about the problems of keeping motivated and fresh but I don't tend to do much photography when I am off 365 so I keep coming back for that reason
Superb Taffy. Love the processing. I was actually going to give up 365 without posting Paris as I am so behind with my holiday books, but I will miss everyone too much, really.not sure of the way forward at the moment
@pixiemac Oh, please post Paris!! And instead of giving up 365, why not set your own 'rules' about what you'll post and forgive yourself every time you break one! I'm heading for a meeting tomorrow, so have decided to post if I can and if I can't not worry about it. I have so many from yesterday's meet up and the clouds I took today that I figure either way, it will be fine. Without 365, I've found it hard to make sure I don't let my photography take a back seat to too many other obligations.
Beautiful rendition of this amazing church. I think I instinctively knew that each year I should altar my expectations and reshape the project to suit me rather than making myself fit a particular set of rules. I have still hit times when I haven't had the phojo as some call it, but like you I know that if I don't keep doing it, I'll lose it altogether. Those are the days I just allow myself to process to the hilt and laugh at the outcome. After the laughter subsides, I'm ready to get serious again. Actually it's good not to take yourself too seriously all the time- allows you to be creative and more child-like in the way you see things which always sparks the creative juices. Great shot- looking forward to the rest of the series.
@taffy@pixiemac Commenting to both of you, because I like the dialogue which you both have engaged in. On the photo side, for @taffy, I really like the POV, the gentle HDR and the way the two driveways curve in to meet each other into the building. I also like the dominant upward architecture. On the commenting side, I really like how you both describe the feeling of every-day "sameness," yet we would slide backwards into the mundane if we didn't engage daily. I like the "do what you can do" aspects of this project. Lovely shot and lovely conversation.
Double bonus in this post: a beautifully composed and processed view of this splendid chapel and an interesting discussion on the problems and benefits of daily posting, most of which strikes a chord with me as well. Wish I could give you two Favs for the chapel, it's that good.
Love the shot Taffy - Fav!! You always take such wonderful architectural shots that leave me wondering - how? I have been busy last couple of days and had to post and run so have missed all this chat about loosing mojo and people talking of leaving 365!! I know that now I am in year 3 I am much more relaxed and if I am unable to take a shot I don't stress. When I do get out with the camera I normally have lots of shots that don't make it to 365 and I find it really useful to use those shots at busy times. The main thing I would miss as I have said before if I left 365 I would miss all my friends. I have been through a very difficult time in the last few months with my sister's cancer and then recently the attempted suicide of my great niece. Without the support I got from my very dear 365 friends I don't think I would have coped very well. I also get inspiration from you all and the desire to improve my shots so that people say that they know it's my work - maybe one day!! We all have ups and downs in life and we must not stress when 365 has to take a (hopefully) brief backseat. I have enjoyed reading people comments - we are all in the same boat really!! Happy Togging!!
You get so much amazing detail in your architectural shots Taffy, you are a very talented photographer. I have read the above comments with interest as I definitely feel a touch demoralised some days with the same ol' same ol' feel of my photography. However I am loath to stop as I still have so much to learn and, as others have said, I would definitely miss the people I have met over the past three years. I like the Hotel California analogy I read about, but didn't necessarily understand, in a thread on here at the start of my Project! Fav :)
Love your processing on this shot Taffy!!
Hope you get your phojo back, purchasing my new WA lens for my holiday has really helped me to stretch myself to experiment, learn more about my camera and post orocessing.
Your photos are amazing and you're so helpful, I'm so glad you love to share your knowledge.
This is a great site!!
@paulaw@pamknowler It's been such a comforting thread to read that so many (maybe not proportional to all on the site, but a fair number) of the photographers I respect have this feeling. I guess it would be hard not to get tired of what we see and shoot each day when we have been doing this for a few years now. I appreciate how many of us have chosen to slow down on daily postings but feel committed to 365 in commenting and posting. It is an amazing community and I'm so grateful to have found it as my photography home.
@ukandie1 It's the Chicago and Beyond meetup group that Rich Kolar has been running (I think he's from Naperville). It seems to be a very active group. I'm heading to Beaver Island for a few weeks, then back for our move home after the fire reconstruction, and then back to the island for a few weeks, so won't be able to be active in much of anything photographic until fall. It would be fun to meet and do a photo walk together sometime. We seem to have similar taste in where to shoot!
@riorich Welcome to 365? Are you going to start posting? I'm already a member of the group, but UKAndie (Andie, from the UK) would be a great addition.
July 4th, 2015
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Interesting to hear you say that you are also getting bored and then I saw your comment on Sam's post. A lot of things rang true with what you said there especially the point that our goals change and that we are too hard on ourselves. My non 365 friends and my son keep telling me that, and I say it to other people but cannot seem to do it myself!
My goals have certainly changed this year as I've moved to shooting completely in raw and doing a lot more processing as a result. I know that I seem to expect more from myself.
Anyway, thanks for the insightful advice. Hope your phojo stays and have a good week.
I have been through the boredom and also realised that one can put too much pressure on oneself to get a picture daily. For over two years I posted a shot a day with no fillers. Now I don't even pick the camera up some days.
Hope you get your phojo back, purchasing my new WA lens for my holiday has really helped me to stretch myself to experiment, learn more about my camera and post orocessing.
Your photos are amazing and you're so helpful, I'm so glad you love to share your knowledge.
This is a great site!!