Breaking the cycle

I started with another topic in mind today but as I poured my morning coffee I noticed a change in my Twitter feed. (By the way, if you don’t follow me on Twitter you can find me at @SwatzellClay.) The change was I now had started to get followers that were not just fake accounts. I was now being followed by Sharky James from the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Suddenly, I thought there is a way to break the cycle. The current cycle I need to break, and I suspect some of you may need to as well, is to get my cameras out and get some photography done. I find myself far too caught in the cycle of coming home, sitting in front of the television and just doing nothing or if I go into my camera and computer room I sit and dawdle about never really accomplishing anything.

I’m not sure how I got followed by Sharky James but something must have stood out to catch his attention. What I do know is how I’m going to start to break the cycle of dawdling about with my photography. I have three camera bodies, not counting the collection of antique cameras. I am going to dedicate one of them to a carry about camera, like I used to do. I’ll also dedicate a 50mm lens as my carry about lens. I’m sure some of you may only have a single camera and don’t want to dedicate it to carry about daily but consider it. You could also consider buying an older camera body and an inexpensive lens to dedicate. It’s worth a try if you’re stuck in the cycle of not getting as much photography done as you would like. I know we can use our cellphone cameras, which have become better and more fully-featured but sometimes it just doesn’t feel like photography.

Try carrying a camera about to break that cycle of not getting your photography back on track.