A hobby is a regular activity pursued for pleasure and relaxation during leisure time, rather than for financial gain. For the love of all things crap, get a hobby. That’s my advice. But why, Dan? Oh, I’m here to tell you, give you examples, and show you some of mine. Remember, my hobbies don’t need to be your hobbies. But hobbies are critical for finding stories and becoming a more well-rounded person. Be more. Much of the online photography conversation focuses on unimportant things. You must break from this conversation and world, and find your focus on important things. A hobby can be a great way to start this process. The hobby will lead you to stories, and it will allow you to become a more interesting person capable of blending in and producing regardless of where you are.
Key element: Sometimes we need to step away from something to get closer to it in the end, but what we step away to is important. Stepping away to doom-scroll or watch pointless YouTube films isn’t helpful. Stepping away to something productive is essential not just for your photography but also for yourself as a human being.
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Shooting free throws: hobby.
Art: a job
1. Just in time for my lunch break.
2 (but really 1). Condolences, and sorry for your loss. It’s terrible… Talk to someone… definitely a good message. I wish I could wind back the clock and say that to two people.
3. Cool hat.
Hi Dan, only one question from my end is how do you keep your hobbies on one level? I tend to spiral in whatever take over my mind in a given time frame. I have a few hobbies like photography (yes, it’s a hobby for me), cars, motorcycles, fixing cars and motorcycles (different from driving/riding them), running, swimming, cycling and some more.. but I can’t keep them leveled that brothersme. I just got myself a motorcycle again and I’m all in, couldn’t bothered to take camera out at the moment, it’s all about riding and fixing what’s not to my liking.. By the way, since I got a ZF with 40mm (and recently sold M6 to finance other hobbies) I couldn’t bother to look at gear videos, that’s for your advice on a good digital successor to my M, that I miss shooting (but not really) 😉