My Creative Mojo

I came across this interesting article last week, and had to give it some thought. While it was intended to be only half-serious, most of us are definitely guilty of at least a few of the following:

3) Wait until everything in your life is perfect - this is me to a T. Right now, I'm STILL waiting for things in my job to settle down. Guess what? They never will.

8) Resent the process, your community, and your audience - I wouldn't say that all of this is me, but I have been finding my last few photo sessions somewhat tedious.

9) Resist all urges to rest, play, eat, laugh, or fill your senses - okay, I admit this is me. I haven't actually had fun shooting my work in a while. In the past, every outing was an awesome adventure. Not anymore, sadly.

I've come far in the last few months. I finally have some of my pictures on stock photography sites, and have begun to specialize in a few areas. However, I really miss the fun I used to have taking pictures such as these:





In short, I need to revisit exploring options for my abstract photography. I miss it so much. That's the biggest thing I learned from this article. I am not sabotaging my success, but I've cut off more options than I've needed to. I've overspecialized.

Next time - revisiting abstract photography.