Good on you for gravitating to local projects. I enjoy following your endeavors, I think most photographers I interact with shortchange their own photography by ignoring local interests and blind themselves with their own imaginings of far-away places that will magically inspire them.
I was wondering if you are entirely driven by the deadlines and briefs of external parties as you've described or have other self-initiated projects locally? Of course with there are external factors that drive subject, theme, deadlines, and other constraints it can be psychologically easier. I know that it's difficult to constrain your own projects (sometimes far more difficult than one would imagine).
One of the things I've found helpful is self-publishing as a constraint mechanism. I have a few musings on it here:
Good on you for gravitating to local projects. I enjoy following your endeavors, I think most photographers I interact with shortchange their own photography by ignoring local interests and blind themselves with their own imaginings of far-away places that will magically inspire them.
I was wondering if you are entirely driven by the deadlines and briefs of external parties as you've described or have other self-initiated projects locally? Of course with there are external factors that drive subject, theme, deadlines, and other constraints it can be psychologically easier. I know that it's difficult to constrain your own projects (sometimes far more difficult than one would imagine).
One of the things I've found helpful is self-publishing as a constraint mechanism. I have a few musings on it here:
https://paperarts.substack.com/p/become-a-better-photo-editor
RB