I used to love photography. Started out with a canon 50d and loved that camera and took it everywhere we went. Got some amazing photos thoughtout my time with it and had a blast. Really got into photography from seeing people on social media and YouTube. Photography was a huge reason for us to go out and explore areas. Found out i was actually pretty good at photography. Switched to a few sony mirrorless cameras and it seemed since the switch I lost my spark with photography. Really hated the sony platform and the camera was really small feeling in my hands (a6000). Recently sold all my sony gear and thinking going back to canon. I even have a samsung s22 ultra phone for the camera ability and only use it here and there for quick shots. I also found my dad’s old sears film camera and started thinking about having it cleaned to start messing with it. Those that fell out of the hobby and got back in, what did you feel helped?
For me, I stopped looking at social media and stopped trying to find a style.
Plus I stopped trying to force myself to take pictures every day like is recommended. To force myself to having to find a picture.
I gave myself the freedom to take any type of picture that I want to take whenever I want. Now I take pictures of what my eyes see. If I see nothing that is fine, I just enjoy being outside or with my wife.
Basically I took the pressure off myself and allowed myself to experiment in any way I wanted to. A lot of times things don’t work but other times it opens up my eyes to stuff I can use in various types of pictures I take.
Basically it put the fun back in for me and that is why I picked up a camera in the first place over 30 years ago.