Photography

I've always found that taking photos around my home is, well, kinda cheating. Not just taking a photo of a regular "thing"or trying to be all arty when in comes to a photograph, but also showing off a photograph of my stuff. They're my things and I don't really want to share this way. Partly because I wouldn't anyone to think "eww, WTF's that? Also, security it has to be said. I'm not manic about it, but I don't want to add to any information that's probably out there already. Having said that, there's really nothing a would be thief would profit by, unless they're out to get a couple of dodgy CD's, and old saucepan and maybe a loo roll or two. You never know!

Marie Gardiner

Over the last year or two inspiration just hasn't been that forthcoming. I'm simply out of practice taking the camera out with the sole purpose of taking a photograph. I still love it, the process of taking the camera out, setting everything up and finally pressing the shutter button and seeing the end result. I really like looking at photographs too, and paintings. I'm a member of a photography club but I'm terrified they'll ask me to show something. I don't think I'm much good, I'm shy and I don't have that much I could show anyway.

My dilemma is, I don't get around too well so my options are limited. Which in turn makes me lazy, as a photographer, and I'll sit for hours thinking "I should take some photographs" and do nothing. It's as bad as smoking. Excuses, excuses. I'm not going to fall into the trap of making a resolution only to feel even more like I've failed when I don't live up to the ideal, but something has to change. I just don't know what, where or how. Inspiration, it's everywhere and I can't see it. I'm photographically blind.