dailies

I am going through a sort of metamorphosis.

Ever since I got my video camera I’ve been creatively torn between it and my still camera. I’ve struggled with what to do with the videos I make and all the footage. I’ve struggled with the conundrum that video is equally if not much more expensive of a field than photography (i.e., impossible to keep equipment current for both). It seems out of priority to spend time shooting videos for fun when I could be shooting photos for fun and profit. I don’t want to get rid of it, but I think that money and time should now be better spent on my photography. Especially now that Jess is home working as my agent/assistant/partner.

Anyway, long story short, I’m thinking of giving up video and all my equipment, and the hours and hours and hours I spent researching and learning it.

But as part of that metamorphosis I mentioned above, I’m taking that “focus” and expanding it to simplify other areas of my hobbies and life. My problem (if you look at it that way) is that I’ve always been interested in many many things, and always want to do them to the max. Any normal person has one, maybe two, things that they love, invest time and money on more than other things. I have photo, video, biking, coffee, wood working, graphic design, and others; all of which I could probably do full time.

I got to thinking about Harley Davidson owners. Lots of Harley fanatics have very simple lives (not in a bad way) and most of it revolves around their bike. They breath motorcycles and leather. And on some level I envy that. They have one vice and they live it everyday without compromise. They are uncluttered with laptops, graphic design books, websites, camera gear and all that crap.

And to make an even longer story short, I’d like to simplify my hobbies, belongings and interests. Focus on what is truly important to me. To that end, the video equipment is the first thing on the chopping block.