Street portraits | Roaming the Same Streets Finally Killed My Motivation
Hey, everyone, it's good to talk to you again! I come back with a new collection of street photos and a serious thought about needing to make some changes in order to raise my photography to a new level.
The way I approach these photo walks when in my hometown is that I normally go for the standard route and visit the most popular spots and streets in the city. If you've ever been to Belgrade, it's the Kalemegdan fortress, Knez Mihailova street and the nearby alleys.
These places are popular, they are full of people and tourists so it's easy to find subjects to photograph. They are pretty and have interesting architecture and cultural elements. But after almost 7 years of trying to come up with innovative shots in the same, old places I finally feel drained and exhausted.
It's a common thing for street photographers to spend their entire life documenting the same city or even same, busy parts of the city. But I don't want to be stuck going through the motions without feeling the motivation anymore.
Settling down stifles growth for me. I have to explore new horizons. Every time I visit a new country or town I am tremendously inspired to make photographs. I walk around in awe. It took me this long until I admitted it to myself - in order to grow I need new things to inspire me.
I can't move to a new city just yet so what I'll try to do to combat this issue is - daily travel to new places, explore less popular areas in the city, avoid downtown and go into nature more, even if it means doing less street photography. I might start a new challenge here to push me to do it.
Photos taken over two different days with Fuji X-Pro2 + 35mm F/2 lens.
I love this photos so much, I'm just noticing the light, shadows and facial expressions, just beautiful. Feeling like you're doing the same thing over and over can be boring and make one feel unmotivated. I like your idea of traveling to new places, should be really fun, all the best
Thank you very much! I am simply not enjoying walking the same streets anymore, even though I still make good photographs. I don't to relive the same experiences over and over... Thanks for the encouragement! :)
I think it's wonderful that you're making yourself grow and having fun while doing it. I do Wonder how they never seem to have eye contact with the camera. It's like epic scenes from a movie. Looking forward to more of your amazing photos.🌺
I become invisible when on the streets. :D Not really but I did practice a lot to make myself as unobtrusive as possible so people rarely figure out I'm photographing them. On the other hand, eye contact between camera and subject can also be interesting. Thank you!
Very beautiful streets, really hard work, thank you
Thank you very much!
You're welcome
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Love the shots! This kind of pictures that at first might seem like randomly taken, say so much. You can see the attitude, mood, and surroundings that are always different depending on the characters within the image. Well done!
Thank you very much! Yes it's all random and messy on the streets the job is try and find some good moments in the chaos. :)
I bet it is. But your post is the proof that a bit of chaos might as well give born to nice results :)
Wow!! Awesome pictures! I love the reflections in the glasses! Algo the expressions in the people are powerful and very spontaneous!
Great post!
Thank you very much! :)