I took a 4 week break just before Christmas, this was because of my health. I knew that this was the right thing to do in regards to my health, but not the best thing to do with my photography, you see I had just got my photography to a level I was really happy with and I was in the best place I had been in for years. Unfortunately this break had a knock on effect with my photography and not in a good way.
I've been out a few times since the start of the new year, but I've just not been able to find my stride and this is having a bad effect on my work. I feel that if I do get a good photo, its more luck than anything else, but isn't that what street photography is, luck? I know there is a lot of work involved with making your own luck.
I'm so use to hitting the streets and having everything come together which ends up leaving me with so many good photo's to work with, but at this time I’m just not capturing it. Being out on the streets I’m seeing the homeless man with the funny sign, the lady with the weird glasses, light shining on the window of the restaurant and person sitting there etc but, I just can’t remember how to capture these moments, I lift my camera to my eye hoping to capture it and nothing happens, I freeze and question why.
I feel like I’m doing street photography for the first time. There is a part of me that wishes I wouldn’t have taken the break, but at the time this wasn’t an option. I have no doubt I will find my footing again.
You Know the more I think about this (as I’m writing this blog), maybe switching camera and focal length might have something to do it. This why I believe in one camera and one lens, it just makes everything easier, at least for me it does. Damn it John, remember no more breaks and stop changing your camera and lens.
I must stay focused in my work.
