Every year I wait with anticipation autumn is the best time of year for photography or at least it is for me, but this year has been a bit of a bust. First off bonfire night was canceled both in my hometown and in Cambridge which sucked however as you’ll read it’s not been the best time for me and my photography.
Autumn, I should be in my element out every day with my camera I’m sad to say this hasn’t been the case. I’m finding it hard to focus when I head out with my camera and the last thing I want to do is force it. The light has been wonderful and unlike previous years the weather has been mild this should be the perfect combination for photographers. I’ve found myself heading out for long walks each day camera in hand yet I haven’t been able to capture much, I thought this might be bothering me and in the past, I would’ve been getting angry at myself saying things like “that’s it I quit”, but this year has been different.
Autumn has brought with it the light and wonderful colors that this time of year has to offer and instead of getting angry and frustrated with myself, I’ve been enjoying my surroundings relaxing and meditating which in its self has been wonderful, the photos I’ve been taking are mostly landscape, nothing special as I’m not a landscape photographer but that doesn’t matter, for me it’s been all about clearing my mind and just enjoying my walk.
I have taken some street photos which I’ll share below, again there’s nothing special about these photos but I enjoyed being out snapping away, I even photographed a friend’s wedding which was fun.
I hope to focus more on my street shooting over the rest of autumn and into winter, really looking forward to the freezing cold and foggy nights that are ahead of us over the coming months. As I said above I don’t want to force myself, I’ve done this in the past and my work dropped in quality which doesn’t help me mentally as I’ll find myself getting frustrated, one bonus for this year I don’t have social media to make things worse.
