jazzie artlobo, I think I know how you feel. I am having some motivation problems too, but at the same time I dont want to give up my more than 500 days old project now. I am often taking streak pics recently... Do you know why you're doubting?
Magda Korzewska not you are not alone. I can see that this is like sine wave, 10 days great, 10 days average and 8 really bad days. My advice try to survive those days.
Ewa Kudlaty Please believe me you are not alone! Yesterday we discussed with @Magda about this. As magda said, we need to survive this period.
craig artlobo, I have felt this many times too. I have almost given up on many occasions. Either try a different style of photography that takes you out of your comfort zone (I spent 6 months or more seeing the world in black and white) or stick with it perhaps going strictly with the weekly theme, or looking at shots you took a year ago and trying them again from a different viewpoint. Things will improve and you will be back on form again.
Artur Łobocki
Thank you @v @jazzie @Magda @Ewa @craig @reneemmix and all of you - tookapic family for the support, it gave me a lot of encouragement. I think that many times your support has helped me not to stop my project. But this time I feel different.
By the end of the first year of the 365 project, I had the decision that I would be able to take photos in the next year without such tension and solicitude. For a long time, I was able to do it. I had a free mind, interesting ideas came up. But with times' run, getting more and more into the project, only the growing number of pictures I was kept me up. The fun was lost. The ideas were lost.
So I decided to suspend my project. For a month, at the beginning. I hope that ideas and hunger of watching the surrounding reality through the viewfinder of my camera, 'll come back soon.
Bye ...
Magda Korzewska
So sorry to hear it.
Hello Tookapic 3city shell we meet to support Artur? @Hanna @egzist @agnieszka @Aleksander @Katarzyna ?
Ewa Kudlaty I hope we will see you and your photos soon. Take care!
v agnès Everything's all right as long as you continue eating pasta ;-) All the best Artur, Valérie
Artur Łobocki
Eating pasta it is something that I'll never stop 😉
Thanks Valérie
aloogobi From what I see, we all have better and worse days, but it's important not to give up, even if we all have to take a photo of a question mark once in a while. :) ... plus the shadows are nice :)
Paweł Kadysz I totally get how you feel. I'm having doubts all the time. I'm taking tons of streak pics, but I know that without those streak pics I'd probably miss some extraordinary shots. Golden rule of the project is not to stop.
Nothing worth doing is easy. You still have an hour ;)
Artur Łobocki
Thank you @Paweł for trying.
I know the rules. But I just stopped feel this fun. That's it.
The "artlobo 365 project" gets to the end.
Satoshi T
Perhaps my selfish guess, I think that this weekly theme and "12 years" may be related to your feelings.
I am afraid that it is a very personal story, but I got a crisis in March 2011 as well. At that time I lost all my confidence and I could not do anything. I seemed to be dead. But I have been alive, I recovered little by little. After 4 years , I found Tookapic and I found you. Let's take off your power and take a deep breath, and eat lots of pasta...
Artur Łobocki
You've got the point @Satoshi
I'm taking the big breath...
120mr I'm happy that you're staying - I really enjoy your city frames.
Artur Łobocki
Nice to hear that.
I'm happy I'm staying too
v agnès I'm sure you're not the only one but not many people write it down. Tomorrow's another day.