I'm Moving...

..to tumblr.

It's just prettier.

So farewell and good luck...

http://woolcott.tumblr.com

A creative block.

I can't seem to think up any decent photographic ideas at the moment.

It's not for a lack of gear or opportunity, I'm just not feeling it at the moment. And there's got to be a reason why not.

Normally in these sorts of lulls I just take the opportunity to do some homework i.e. looking at other people's work, sort the boring tech and gear stuff I normally hate doing and tidy up my archives and hard-drives. All the boring stuff which has to be done, but normally doesn't get done because I'm either too lazy or too busy.

But this time it's sticking. I've run out of techy stuff to sort, I've filed all my negatives neatly. My hard-drives are all neat and de-fragmented. My cameras are spotless and my lenses have all been CLA'd. Yet I haven't had anything by way of a flash of inspiration. So I think it's time for a photo weekend. I've got to take some time out and just bully myself into getting creative by putting myself in a position where I have to come away with a decent shot. No ifs, buts or maybes. Just some good photos. For the first time in well over a month.

...And I'm Back

Happy New Year to you all &c &c...

Now, back to business

I'd been deliberating recently whether the D300 was going to be sticking around, but I've come to the conclusion that it just wasn't quite fitting in anymore. The Fuji is perfectly fast for me, and far more predictable, reliable and just plain better for straight out of camera (SOOC) images.

Sure, the high ISO isn't as good, and it is about as far removed from a sports camera as one can get before moving into the realms of medium format film.

But then again, I don't shoot sports (much), my lens collection has contracted but grown in speed (my slowest lens is the 55mm f/3.5 micro, but that definitely is worth the slower glass because of its brilliance as a macro and daytime normal lens) thus stopping my reaching for the ISO button when the light gets a little worse than usual.

So I got rid of the D300

And I feel far better for it. I'm no longer feeling guilty for leaving a camera which is undeniably brilliant, but ultimately less well suited to my shooting than the Fuji, languishing in the Peli.

Now I'm eyeing up a Rolleiflex which actually works properly (rarer than I had first anticipated) to give me something to experiment with in the next few weeks.