Hey there, Fujifilm family,
On May 19th, I posted the following on my Instagram @fujifocus_:
Fujifilm X-t5
"I'm on vacation for a week. I thought I would post a photo every day, but no, I don't owe this app anything. It's just my fun little hobby. This break will let me focus on selecting the best photos when I'm back."
I didn't want the inconvenience of dealing with unreliable Wi-Fi to upload photos from the south of Italy to my Instagram. I wanted to fully focus on being present with my wife, kids, and family. Moreover, I've grown to love my Lightroom workflow for editing my raw images. The results are superior to straight-out-of-camera photos, even though that was the initial reason I chose a Fujifilm camera.
This was a mistake.
In my view, if you regularly go out with a camera and take pictures of things, places, or people you are interested in, you are a photographer. And being a photographer leads you into this new mindset: everywhere you are, you are viewing the world through a photography lens, whether or not you are carrying your camera.
Pausing this experience is like skipping the gym. Once you "have to" go back, it's twice as hard to start up again.
I messed up.
I had such a nice rhythm of posting every day (and thus reviewing the photos I took and determining which were good enough to publish), and feeling the need to go out and take new pictures.
If you have an agreement with yourself about anything you do, and you set a time frame for that agreement, you must stick to it. If you lapse just once, it's a slippery slope towards eventually quitting. One excuse for not honoring your agreement, in my case street photography and posting it on @fujifocus_ daily, makes it easier for new excuses in the future to avoid doing the task.
Hopefully, by my next blog post, I can say that I am 100% back on track and making strides in mastering this craft. The goal is to be comfortable making street photos I want to take, and knowing what kind of street photographer I aspire to be.
Okay, bye.
Scroll below to see a couple of results so head to @fujifocus_ on Instagram to see a new photo uploaded everyday.
