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What (if anything) would make you give up photography ?
Seeing commentary in a recent thread about how someone would give up photography if they could no longer use 6x7, I wonder what would (if anything) push you to give up photography, if it were not there.
Myself, I'm not sure equipment would cause me to give up photography, although just like a painter who used oils might never want to use other materials, I can understand people's preference to work certain ways, as process can be as much an important part of art, as vision, in my opinion.
Personally, if I could draw as fast as I can capture a picture, I am sure photography would not appeal to me, as photography is just a way for me to capture something I see, imagine or experience. It is far from perfect in that respect, but for now, it is the best that's available to me.
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I think going blind or visually impaired is what would make me quit photography,
If film would become unavailable I would just make the switch back to digital, even though I highly prefer film over digital.
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Blindness...
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Some kind of disability
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Natalie Portman.
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Quote:
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Natalie Portman.
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Blindness might be treatable with some photography-dependent technology in the future, and just maybe I could then keep my own photography going.
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I couldn't decisively give it up. It would have to become physically impossible for some reason.
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Boredom.
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... delirium tremens
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Railroad cars filled with money.
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Having the police stop you from taking photos of whatever. More than it happens already, I mean.
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My own personal mini sized moon to orbit my head. Ladies dig that sort of thing.
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Shooter of Film...
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The ability to draw...I have a cousin who is so talented when it comes to drawing...if I could do what he does I could walk away from photography...
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death......
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Books that approach technique in an extremely dry and convoluted way.
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Quote:
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The ability to draw...I have a cousin who is so talented when it comes to drawing...if I could do what he does I could walk away from photography...
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Took a drawing class not so long ago, and may go back to it. I liked how the aspects of learning to draw, raised my awareness of things in photography. If you want to draw, you should try it and give it a concerted effort. Think like all things, looking at the finished results before you give something a try can be intimidating. |
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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.
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If I could find a woman gullible enough to stand in front of a preacher and say "I do," I might find I don't have enough time for photography. Not having a SWMBO leaves a lot of spare time.
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Quote:
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The ability to draw...I have a cousin who is so talented when it comes to drawing...if I could do what he does I could walk away from photography...
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This is interesting, in the light of the famous quote from this man:
" I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn."
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Like boots in the dryer..
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World peace..
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... likes film.
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Lack of funds and / or subjects I want to photograph.
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