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somewhat rant: my photography class is making me not like photography (alien.top)
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yes this is under discussion but that’s bc i needed under something and there’s no rant tag so here we r. i don’t rlly want advice unless you’ve got inspiring words or experienced something similar bc i’m on a thread🥲

i’m in honors photography which is AP but we just don’t submit our work to college board yet. which means we are working on our sustained investigations, which is basically where we experiment with photography while exploring a question ig? i can’t explain it better than that sry. but although i get to use my creativity without too many limits except 1, due dates. i love taking portraits and on top of that am a junior in high school behind in her classes, i don’t have the time to find models that matches my time frame while also working on classes i actually have to put brain into. i have so many ideas for my “hobby” photography and i don’t even have time for “class photography”. i can’t quit for too many reasons i’m not gonna list. it’s just so frustrating. and i have other hobby’s that i have that i haven’t even been doing on top of that.

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[–] redditchy@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A good lesson to learn from your experiences here is that a lot of professional photography is creating what the client wants, not what you want. Open yourself up to learning and becoming competent at even the things you don't like, and it will make you better at what you enjoy.

[–] RedHuey@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This. Sorry you aren’t enjoying having to do what you don’t prefer, but that’s what life is. Being a professional anything is all about having to do it. Enjoy it not really mattering while you can.