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Are all photographer's obsessed?
I love it when I'm photographing. And when I'm not, I'm either editing or looking at pictures or thinking up ideas for shoots. And if I go a week without taking a picture, I start getting angsty. This has been like this for like two years now. Anyone else obsessed? Jul 06 13 11:42 pm Link Yep it happens Jul 06 13 11:52 pm Link Not all. But the ones I've met who weren't were boring.  Jul 06 13 11:59 pm Link Yup. I'm in "angsty" mode now - haven't shot in a while. Jul 07 13 12:09 am Link I agree and I have been this way for over 25 years! Jul 07 13 12:13 am Link I took a mini vacation (4 day weekend) and it feels amazing, sometimes you need to take a step back and turn everything off and enjoy life. But yes, I am already starting to feel the pressure to get back into it. Its calling me Jul 07 13 12:13 am Link There's no apostrophe in "photographers" -- obsessed enough for you? Jul 07 13 12:17 am Link OTSOG wrote: Maybe he means "photographer's _______________." Fill in the blank: anxiety, girlfriend, esophagus, chihuahua, yak, deltoid, cabbage, etc. Jul 07 13 12:23 am Link “Those who want to be serious photographers, you’re really going to have to edit your work. You’re going to have to understand what you’re doing. You’re going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot. To stop and look at your work is the most important thing you can do.” - Annie Leibovitz Jul 07 13 12:23 am Link Yep, another obsessed photographer here too, haha. Jul 07 13 01:00 am Link Ali Choudhry Photo wrote: Yep...For 33 years, and it does not get any better....To the point that I even take my laptop on vacation to work on photos.... Jul 07 13 01:20 am Link I was told by a female friend back in 1996 that I was obsessing. This thread has got me thinking she may be a little right. I don't think that I can turn it off so easily. Jul 07 13 01:29 am Link dp Jul 07 13 01:29 am Link Ali Choudhry Photo wrote: I can easily go a week....two or three between shoots. Jul 07 13 01:35 am Link Ali Choudhry Photo wrote: 1+ Jul 07 13 01:36 am Link OTSOG wrote: The world is now a better place with your grammar instruction. Jul 07 13 01:37 am Link yup Jul 07 13 01:51 am Link Most of the established photographers I know put it aside when not working. If I'm in a photo pit of a sports or runway show we usually talk about anything else but photography. If we're at a party we try not to say what we do at all, invariably person will ask oh do you shoot weddings? and you have the same long conversation explaining what you do, how you find work, blah blah Jul 07 13 02:00 am Link Yes, I have the numbers 666 behind my ear... oh wait.. obsessed? I thought you said possessed.. But ya.. that. Jul 07 13 02:06 am Link You know you're obsessed when you have to check out the lighting in a magazine ad.... Jul 07 13 02:06 am Link I make images whether I have a camera with me or not. Jul 07 13 02:09 am Link I'm a musician and photographer. I must always either be doing music, video, or photos, or bad things happen! Jul 07 13 04:05 am Link Shooting is what I enjoy most but its only a portion of the work. There's a lot of post production and admin/marketing work also on top which I don't enjoy that much but is a necessity. My personal projects is what is what energises me and also seems to be what receives the most attention all round but I always seem to out them aside due to projects/contracts that pay the bill. Jul 07 13 04:49 am Link Yes. I normally take over 1,000 pics per shoot. It's very hard to find models on the outskirts of Amish country. It was photography or my marriage. I wanted both, my wife said "no". I shoot again real soon... Jul 07 13 04:59 am Link Most photographers I've know outside of MM talk about anything but photography. Jul 07 13 05:02 am Link Shooting IS relaxation. Jul 07 13 05:07 am Link 
Photographer Posts: 4288 Amundsen-Scott - permanent station of the US, Unclaimed Sector, Antarctica I'm obsessed with looking at naked girls; this I know...  On a serious note, I am certainly obsessed on the day of a shoot. Why wouldn't I be? I get to fall in love (artistically, of course) for an hour or so with a beautiful woman. It is my drug of choice. Jul 07 13 05:18 am Link I love it when I'm shooting.. I zone out into another world, got a special connection to my model, we work as one.. such a wonderful feeling! When I'm not shooting all I see are ideas for the next shoot. My model is dreaming of outfits n poses.. we're still communicating.. a special connection indeed! Jul 07 13 05:22 am Link Obsessed? No. Having been at it professionally for 25 years, I can easily put the camera down, turn off the lights and go enjoy so many other things this world has to offer. They're just pictures. I can create another one tomorrow, or next week or next month. Even if I see a great moment and don't have a camera, I still enjoyed observing it with just my eyes. That's something I feel a lot of people need to start doing. Put the iPhone down and just enjoy the moment for crying out loud! I do like to "keep up" and discuss my craft with others, whether it be accomplished pros or even the attendee at corporate event asking me about my camera. I do like coming on here and other forums and see what others are discussing or bitching about. I learn something now and then and shake my head at others. Photography is a lot more fun as an amateur. As a pro it can be a real pain in the ass sometimes and a break from it is welcome relief. Until the bills start piling up again. Jul 07 13 05:24 am Link Wide variety, for some it's a job, even a job they hate. I'm of the sort who wants to do it, feels quite lucky with it and has some degree of depression if circumstances prevent me from doing it. Jul 07 13 05:30 am Link Mike I think you are right.. as a Pro it was just a job, but now that I am retired it is so much more fun. Maybe because there is no presure to make the bills at the end of the month. Jul 07 13 05:41 am Link @ op Yes I must say. Up to now I have shot twice as much as last year. Jul 07 13 05:56 am Link Ali Choudhry Photo wrote: I can't go a week without shooting! Jul 07 13 05:59 am Link It's what gets me up and going in the morning!  Always shooting every day.Jul 07 13 06:13 am Link I'm feeling a strong need for a trip to the mountains Jul 07 13 06:22 am Link back when i first started i had no fear. it was all good. there was no way to go but up. maybe it helped that i was hiring traveling models who didn't expect pictures. now i understand how hard it is to do consistently good work and as you do trade with great models you start to wonder if you can deliver. maybe i have the camera yips a bit. then again i did chat up my hair stylist yesterday about a shoot and was also scouting a new location. so maybe i'm not done just yet. Jul 07 13 09:21 am Link I don't say "obsessed." I say, "It's what I do."  Jul 07 13 09:29 am Link Same here. Love it. Want more of it. It's a top of mind awareness for me 24/7. Yep I think I need help. What really sucks is living in a small community with a very small supply of good models.  Jul 07 13 09:32 am Link Not at the moment... Jul 07 13 10:10 am Link A week? I need an image rush every few minutes. Virtual or real. Years ago it was a longer lasting rush by buying magazines. Jul 07 13 10:22 am Link |
