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<blockquote data-quote="traceyjj" data-source="post: 473724" data-attributes="member: 27458"><p>I took a break at the end of my Olympus days. I was finding no inspiration, getting frustrated with the amount of editing I had to do due to noise, and the fact that my eyes arent as good as they were made it more difficult to see the shot/settings, then adding the fact that Oly were not going to be making DSLRs made me feel let down by the comapny ... I was simply not enjoying myself any more. After 2 months of not using the gear, I sold it all through the forum I was a regular member at. </p><p>After a further couple of months I got bored with my little point and shoot XZ1, and felt I needed to get back into the game... bought myself a 5100 and the family a 3100 (so they would leave my gear alone) and I now find the hobby very relaxing and theraputic... I have no illusions that I will ever sell anything, and many of my photos are of the "snap-shot" variety, but I still enjoy taking the camera out when we go out anywhere... I have some weeks where my camera never sees light of day, and other weeks where I will take 100s of photos.</p><p>I started the 52 challenge to try to encourage me to get my camera out every week, at least once... but life gets in the way sometimes. Recently we have been told my mums cancer is back and aggresive, so once again I have no creativity, I cannot think about the future without this wonderful woman... I really must take some nice photos of her as she is now (she still looks healthy), but it kind of seems wrong to ask...</p><p></p><p>I suppose this is a long winded way of saying that we all lose our mojo from time to time <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> As others have said, try going somewhere different, or go out with someone different... I know when I go out with my daughter, I see things in a different way, purely by having someone else to bounce ideas off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traceyjj, post: 473724, member: 27458"] I took a break at the end of my Olympus days. I was finding no inspiration, getting frustrated with the amount of editing I had to do due to noise, and the fact that my eyes arent as good as they were made it more difficult to see the shot/settings, then adding the fact that Oly were not going to be making DSLRs made me feel let down by the comapny ... I was simply not enjoying myself any more. After 2 months of not using the gear, I sold it all through the forum I was a regular member at. After a further couple of months I got bored with my little point and shoot XZ1, and felt I needed to get back into the game... bought myself a 5100 and the family a 3100 (so they would leave my gear alone) and I now find the hobby very relaxing and theraputic... I have no illusions that I will ever sell anything, and many of my photos are of the "snap-shot" variety, but I still enjoy taking the camera out when we go out anywhere... I have some weeks where my camera never sees light of day, and other weeks where I will take 100s of photos. I started the 52 challenge to try to encourage me to get my camera out every week, at least once... but life gets in the way sometimes. Recently we have been told my mums cancer is back and aggresive, so once again I have no creativity, I cannot think about the future without this wonderful woman... I really must take some nice photos of her as she is now (she still looks healthy), but it kind of seems wrong to ask... I suppose this is a long winded way of saying that we all lose our mojo from time to time :) As others have said, try going somewhere different, or go out with someone different... I know when I go out with my daughter, I see things in a different way, purely by having someone else to bounce ideas off. [/QUOTE]
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