I think it's becoming an obsession, and sadly I am not sure I have what it takes to make it work the way my heart tells me to...



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I hear you. It seems that I'm at my happiest either taking pictures or editing them. If I'm unable to do that, I'm usually thinking about or reading about some aspect of photography.
As an artist and art educator, my interests were always fairly broad (drawing, painting, etc), but now that I'm no longer confined to the darkroom and have the freedom to edit and process my images anywhere on my laptop, I find that I'm spending less time standing in front of my easel holding a paintbrush and more time carrying my camera and tripod around.

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"I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs." -Garry Winogrand

firstly, i love your sig quote. Takes me back to my uni days! *stares off into distant past*

Ohyes. i didn't actually vote, because i found myself torn between 3 (all options but for livlihood. Perhaps it should be, but it's not right now). But i agree with =mamazmeilor - i always have trouble getting things EXACTLY how they appear in my head. AND Usually, it's the surprises ; unprecedented images that yield best results anyway. but still, i think a long way to go before i get to a profitable business level.

Thanks for the comment, Ms. TazzyDee! Yeah, I couldn't necessarily pick just one myself, but I thought it would be interesting to see how people perceive of themselves & photography.
Yes, it's the little surprises that keep photography interesting. After getting home and looking through most of my images, I'll usually toss out the ones that I had initially thought were the strongest, but after further scrutiny, I'll think their rubbish. Oddly enough, it's the ones that were shot without much planning that usually make the final cut.

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"I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs." -Garry Winogrand