What (if anything) would make you give up photography ?

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Originally Posted by mdarnton

Burnout and boredom. It's happend three times so far.

I'm surprised by the number of people who say things like "death". There are so many other worthwhile things to do in life, I don't feel permanently nailed to any one of them.

Most people have little dedication to anything in life aside from having a good time. Those who love photography so much that only death could stop them are the ones who will make their mark in the world.

[bhop73]

Blindness for me too..

[johnwolf]

Poetry or painting, maybe, for their greater potential expressiveness and the relative ease with which they can transcend reality.

John

[thegman]

Originally Posted by Roger Hicks

Boredom.

Cheers,

R.

My thoughts exactly, it would out of simply losing interest. For me it's just a hobby, although a keen one. It's possible I'll just lose my enthusiasm.

Garry

[Roger Hicks]

Originally Posted by thegman

My thoughts exactly, it would out of simply losing interest. For me it's just a hobby, although a keen one. It's possible I'll just lose my enthusiasm.

Garry

Dear Garry,

I might even get scared off by people who keep telling me what I OUGHT to do, or that so-and-so ISN'T PHOTOGRAPHY.

Cheers,

R.

[Sylvester]

I personally hope that they'll burry my cold body with a camera when I'll die, just in case I can keep it with me on the other side, like the Ancient Egyptians did, so I'll never stop making photographs.

[biomed]

Originally Posted by farlymac

I over thought this one, and you beat me to the "Submit" button.

PF

Ditto! Although my degrading eyesight is bothering me.

[back alley]

if i'm lucky...i'll die with a camera in my hand...

[tedwhite]

I thought about Roger Hicks mentioning boredom. Before digital photography flooded the world with a billion images and there was merely film, you had to work at making a superior image (developing, enlarging, dodging, burning, printing, on and on) so not every Tom, Dick and Harry wanted to commit to the time and the learning curve, ergo fewer photographers and I felt as if I belonged to a highly skilled and somewhat elite group. Could have been an illusion. I guess I got bored looking at the flood of images (and probably disillusioned, too), and almost quit.

But I finally came around to a simple fact: There are good photographs and then there are all the rest and now that the whole world is snapping away and seeming to have great fun doing it, let it be, I thought, get over it. And I did.

I have the dry form of macular degeneration (ony 8%), so I'm probably good for a few more years. If and when I lose my sight I think I would take up the piano. You feel the keys, and in a way you hear what you feel.

[mfogiel]

If I go blind or paralysed.

[millus1974]

The Apocalypse...what else?

[sepiareverb]

Heroin....

[ChrisPlatt]

From the mid-1970's to the mid-1980's I pursued photography as a hobby.
In 1986 fresh out of tech school my first job was in camera repair at Olympus.
I stayed less than one year, and afterward didn't pick up a camera for a decade.

Chris

[buzzardkid]

Paralysis maybe, but not blindness. I'd at least hope I could get some shots that would be interesting to others by just using feel and ears to create an image.

And of course I'd need to bracket big time to get the lighting right

[taskoni]

Sex........

[DougFord]

Originally Posted by sepiareverb

Heroin....

...because you need to sell your camera gear to buy more heroin and if any of your friends aren't heroin addicts they're not gonna lend you their gear because you'll just sell it to buy more heroin. I agree with this reasoning but then how did J. Coltrane manage to show up at his gigs with a saxophone??

[Spanik]

Lack of time. If there isn't the time it needs then there isn't much point in it.

[znapper]

When it stops being fun and rewarding.

Plain and simple.

[Roger Hicks]

Originally Posted by Chriscrawfordphoto

Most people have little dedication to anything in life aside from having a good time. Those who love photography so much that only death could stop them are the ones who will make their mark in the world.

Hold on a minute, Chris. All you're saying is that your idea of a good time is photography, or at least, that you get more out of photography than anything else. I mean, anyone who deliberately seeks out a bad time has serious mental health problems. Either that, or they've made a rather odd interpretation of certain kinds of religion.

Cheers,

R.

[Harry S.]

Running out of inspiration and satisfaction from the photos I create. Its already starting to happen and I am sitting on a lot of valuable cameras I have no intention of ever using again. The thought of getting rid of them, though; is like saying goodbye to a long time lover. Uncomfortable.

[helenhill]

Well I would have to Agree with those that posted:

BOREDOM ...would certainly stop me in my Tracks.
DEATH ...would Finish me Off for Good

[thegman]

Originally Posted by Chriscrawfordphoto

Most people have little dedication to anything in life aside from having a good time. Those who love photography so much that only death could stop them are the ones who will make their mark in the world.

HCB stopped taking photos before he died, and whether you like his work or not, you can't deny he made his mark. But in general I agree with you.

[Richard G]

Originally Posted by johnwolf

Poetry or painting, maybe, for their greater potential expressiveness and the relative ease with which they can transcend reality.

John

Good thoughts.

[emilsand]

Canadian maple syrup.

[dugwerks]

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