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Thank you, John.
I think I became a victim of my own perfectionism. I was getting more and more frustrated with being unable to produce the kind of quality I wanted. The more time I put into each shoot, the more frustrated I was. At the end each shoot was taking so much time, the setting it up was a challenge and I simply couldn't be bothered any more and stopped.
It is not all lost though. I have moved into post production. Mastered Photoshop more and now do post production professionally, which I think suits my personality more. It's strange how things go in circles sometimes. My first encounter with Photoshop was around 20 years ago. I had no idea what I was doing, but I quickly became fascinated with the possibilities (quite limited back then). When I picked up the first dSLR 10 years ago, it was partially caused by frustration with not being able to get my hands on RAW files to play around in Photoshop. Even in post production my understanding of light and photography helps me massively, so I'm grateful I took that path. These days I simply don't have time for phtography. I work full time and then freelance after. Typically I work around 16 hours per day, 7 days per week. I have not sold my gear yet (apart from a couple of lenses), so if I ever find the mojo and time again, I am pretty much good to go |
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