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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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How to get the spark back (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by jfeldbauer@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I used to love photography. Started out with a canon 50d and loved that camera and took it everywhere we went. Got some amazing photos thoughtout my time with it and had a blast. Really got into photography from seeing people on social media and YouTube. Photography was a huge reason for us to go out and explore areas. Found out i was actually pretty good at photography. Switched to a few sony mirrorless cameras and it seemed since the switch I lost my spark with photography. Really hated the sony platform and the camera was really small feeling in my hands (a6000). Recently sold all my sony gear and thinking going back to canon. I even have a samsung s22 ultra phone for the camera ability and only use it here and there for quick shots. I also found my dad's old sears film camera and started thinking about having it cleaned to start messing with it. Those that fell out of the hobby and got back in, what did you feel helped?

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[–] ctiz1@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like you probably got hooked into shooting like the folks you followed in social media and YouTube. I‘ve been a professional photographer for a long time now, but in the last few years I’ve fallen more in love with it than ever, simply because I learned to shoot personal work. Shoot photos for you, not for social media. What are you obsessed with? Shoot that. That’s where the magic lies.