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I've recently had several conversations with photographers about inspiration and the lack of it, especially now with all the fascism and nonsense going on.

And I'm wondering if I can even help apart from being a sounding board.

I think a lot anxiety over inspiration is that we expect inspiration to just be there when we want it. By definition, that's just not how it works. I think we're pressured to produce and share far more than we should be. And because of that, we're not okay with taking breaks.

It gets so bad that if we lack inspiration for longer than we want, we start thinking things like "I should just quit photography" (whatever that actually means).

Also, so much of the inspirational advice is either worthless and commodified or it's about other art forms (writing, painting, etc). Photography is different. Unless you are working in a studio attached to your house, photography is one part inspiration and another part opportunity/luck/privilege (and a bunch of other parts of other stuff).

I've been inspired (heh) to write more about this, so if you've gotten this far, comment a bit on how you are inspired, photographically speaking.

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'Affinity'

Camera: Mamiya RB67

Film: Ektachrome E100S (x-07/2002)

Process: DIY ECN-2

July 2024

North Carolina

Waterworld 09-2020 by Clive Varley

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Beauty untouched by Human hands

October sky by Jeff

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Bald Head Island, North Carolina

Perseus, Auriga, and Taurus rising in the east. Two exposures, one for the foreground and one, using the Pentax Astrotracer function, for the sky.

Pentax K-1

SMC Pentax 1:3.5 28mm

Iridient Developer

Affinity Photo

The New by Clive Varley

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Remembering the Spring

Approaching the City 30-10-2020 by Clive Varley

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From my Birthday Photos

Sea Legs II by Richard Harvey

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Stories of the river.

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CC Week 3 - Black & White

Here I go again by Clive Varley

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Digital art work

Rollgabelschlüssel / Monkey wrench by Wolfgang Kynast

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making of: www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgang-kynast/32278951703

Stacked from 24 shots using DslrDashboard and Affinity Photo

Sunset by Catherine MacBride

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playing around in affinity design again, I need more practice.

Sara by Jaime Lebre

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Leica M3, Summaron (goggles) 2.8/35 (1959), ADOX Silvermax ISO 100, Epson V600, Affinity Photo

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I really like the 35mm focal length for full-body portraiture, and love the soft rendering provided by the 1959 Summaron.

stacking pano shrooms by Olaf Craasmann

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Here i am combining two technics for more details. This a panorama of three stacks with 29 pictures each. The result has 43 megapixel instead of 20. I cropped it to 34 mp. Shown here with about 9 mp. The subject is Crepidotus spec.

Hier kombiniere ich Zwei Multibild-Techniken zur Erhöhung der Auflösung. Dafür habe ich drei Stacks a 29 Aufnahmen zu einem Panorama mit 45 Megapixeln verrechnet, dann geschnitten auf 34 Megapixel und exportiert mit 9 Megapixeln. Das Motiv sind Stummelfüßchen(Crepidotus).

Panasonic Lumix G9

Panasonic 45-175mm@100mm

Raynox DCR 150

f9

ISO 400

1/20 sec

3 x 29 pictures, Helicon A(6,3) and Affinity Photo 2

Affinity for trees by Keraman B&W

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Multiple layers of one photo, edited in Affinity and Silver Effex Pro.

Searching for emotions in trees.

Which larchbranch is you favourite? by Urs Walesch