I'm interested in how you think about this. Do you feel the pressure and anxiety of being perfect in your life, or social media? Do you think about how you are perceived, or do you just do your thing?
There is a lot to talk about on this subject and I think there are different aspects and related topics, too, all of which are worthwhile. I don't have social media accounts. I share images with family alone at this point in time. I like to see myself improve and I have. That is satisfying for me. So, as much as the notion of others liking my photos is an attractive one, at the end of the day, I shoot for myself. But I can get burned out or lose interest, too. I started trying out impressionist photography, which by nature is not sharp. I believe it will free me up and get me back to thinking artistically as a starting place with any kind of photography. I'm not going to make a living at this and am not intending to. likely no one will see my work outside of a handful of people. For me there is no issue, nothing to lose and nothing to gain. It frees me up. Not competing opens my doors to a wonderment of possibility since I am not constrained by anything. This is a good video on a worthwhile topic, Tina. Thank you for making and sharing it.
I think it's really healthy that you don’t have social media and are creating just for you. I wish I could say the same! It started that way for me, but I got caught up in the pressure of algorithms, and it took away some of the joy I had in creating. When you're always trying to fit into a niche, it can feel repetitive and a bit dull-like you're just making the same thing over and over again. That's one reason why I’ve pretty much stepped away from Instagram. But I’m getting better at finding the fun again! :) Social media can be such a time consuming sink too. I’m starting to wonder if it might be better to not have it at all (except for TH-cam). Using my old digicam this summer gave me a fresh perspective-it was so freeing in its simplicity, reminding me of how things felt before social media. Sometimes we really do need to take a step back to move forward. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts! I think I’ll talk more about these kinds of things in future videos. TH-cam feels like a good place to experiment and discuss different topics, and this is definitely one of those important conversations with so much more to explore.
Intressant! Jag har funnit att då jag studerar heltid så har jag alltid med mig en diskret och bra kamera i fickan: mobilen! Den ger mig väldigt bra resultat och hjälper mig att dokumentera vardagen! Den stora dslr kameran använder jag sällan då jag finner den stor och tung. Ibland tar jag ut en 35mm analog film kamera och tar en rulle, bieffeken är dock att jag har 6 rullar färg film att scanna så allt tar extra lång tid och det är jag ok med!
Ja mobilen är alltid med så den är händig. Analogt är lite mer stilla. Lite mer eftertanke än de där vardagsbilderna man tar med mobilen. Jag är lite lika där med att framkalla, jag lägger dem på hög och sedan "glömmer bort dem".
I'm interested in how you think about this. Do you feel the pressure and anxiety of being perfect in your life, or social media? Do you think about how you are perceived, or do you just do your thing?
There is a lot to talk about on this subject and I think there are different aspects and related topics, too, all of which are worthwhile. I don't have social media accounts. I share images with family alone at this point in time. I like to see myself improve and I have. That is satisfying for me. So, as much as the notion of others liking my photos is an attractive one, at the end of the day, I shoot for myself. But I can get burned out or lose interest, too. I started trying out impressionist photography, which by nature is not sharp. I believe it will free me up and get me back to thinking artistically as a starting place with any kind of photography. I'm not going to make a living at this and am not intending to. likely no one will see my work outside of a handful of people. For me there is no issue, nothing to lose and nothing to gain. It frees me up. Not competing opens my doors to a wonderment of possibility since I am not constrained by anything.
This is a good video on a worthwhile topic, Tina. Thank you for making and sharing it.
I think it's really healthy that you don’t have social media and are creating just for you. I wish I could say the same! It started that way for me, but I got caught up in the pressure of algorithms, and it took away some of the joy I had in creating. When you're always trying to fit into a niche, it can feel repetitive and a bit dull-like you're just making the same thing over and over again. That's one reason why I’ve pretty much stepped away from Instagram. But I’m getting better at finding the fun again! :)
Social media can be such a time consuming sink too. I’m starting to wonder if it might be better to not have it at all (except for TH-cam). Using my old digicam this summer gave me a fresh perspective-it was so freeing in its simplicity, reminding me of how things felt before social media.
Sometimes we really do need to take a step back to move forward. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts! I think I’ll talk more about these kinds of things in future videos. TH-cam feels like a good place to experiment and discuss different topics, and this is definitely one of those important conversations with so much more to explore.
Intressant!
Jag har funnit att då jag studerar heltid så har jag alltid med mig en diskret och bra kamera i fickan: mobilen!
Den ger mig väldigt bra resultat och hjälper mig att dokumentera vardagen!
Den stora dslr kameran använder jag sällan då jag finner den stor och tung.
Ibland tar jag ut en 35mm analog film kamera och tar en rulle, bieffeken är dock att jag har 6 rullar färg film att scanna så allt tar extra lång tid och det är jag ok med!
Ja mobilen är alltid med så den är händig. Analogt är lite mer stilla. Lite mer eftertanke än de där vardagsbilderna man tar med mobilen. Jag är lite lika där med att framkalla, jag lägger dem på hög och sedan "glömmer bort dem".