Cat-Grenade

It hardly feels like 3 years since I stopped posting photos on Deviantart, which I did for a few reasons if I'm being honest. One was because I became too obsessed with it. With the views and the favorites, and it really put a damper on my enjoyment of the craft itself. I thought, "Well, this one didn't get so many favorites so it must suck." and with this site that's not always the case. While the quality does play a part, it's not the only thing, and that's okay. Another was because well.. I really needed a break from photography. Being out of school was a real bummer, and the job I took afterwards is by no means a creative outlet, unles...

Quite often I find myself walking away from something because I over-complicate it and defeat myself before I even start. I'm that way in almost all my hobbies, but photography has been the worst. I went to college for photography, not because I thought it would land me a job, but because I wanted to expand my knowledge so I could do it better, and my parents said 'either go to college or work full time', so the choice was obvious. I graduated six months ago, and slowly began to realize what I have done.I shot myself in the foot. Used to be when I picked up a camera I'd snap a picture, smile, and snap another without too much concern or re...

Well, it looks like I'll be having myself a small hiatus until I sort out the issues I'm having with Lightroom. My catalog with all my ratings, tags, keywords, and workflow in general hasn't wanted to open or hasn't been properly loading. It's not the biggest or worst issue that could ever happen to someone involving their photography (and thank God for that), but it's a little hindering because my computer is a complicated mess of back doors and roundabout ways of opening programs. In other words, it's old and doesn't work well.  Just gonna keep this entry short and sweet. There's not much going on right now in my little corner of the wor...