It's time to talk about the dark side of the creative mind. The agony, frustration, and self doubt that come with the dreaded Creative Burnout. Maybe it's stress interfering with my creative mindset. I keep pushing myself and keep trying but maybe that's part of the problem. I've been trying to go back and revisit photos I've taken recently to see if there's anything I like. Sometimes I wish I could go back to the time when I didn't have a clue what I was doing. The time before I could pick apart my work finding only mistakes. To a time when I liked almost everything I created because I made it. Education is a powerful thing but sometimes I do feel it can limit creativity. I confess, I'm not quite sure how to beat this newest demon of self doubt and being overly self critical. As always I'll keep at it but I have a feeling the next few months are going to be rough.
Here are a few images taken a couple weeks ago. I've been studying the works of Ansel Adams lately. He had an amazing skill for exploring and capturing the world around him. All his images have a range of values from dark to light so I've really been trying to work on this in my own images.
And to end, a few edits of the falls at Devil's Hopyard. Didn't realize it was opening day for finishing when I went so I had to spend some time photoshoping fishermen out of the photos.
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