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Getting your car rego sucks, every year it comes through and every year i pretend it doesnt exist in the hope it will go away and leave me alone but it doesnt and it sucks my already very depleted bank accounts completely dry. My dad had to bail me out with some cash to get me through this year. I should just get rid of the fucker, better for the environment, but im a slave to it, i’ve had one for 6 years and when i dont have it i feel trapped!
It’s lame i know but having a car makes you mobile, which is useful. All this rego business has made me kinda bit the harsh bullet of reality and i have now realised that whilst working a few days a week not getting paid very much is nice, i am completely on my arse broke and its time to get back into the groove of the 50 hour week and make some dosh to pay of the credit card etc. I’ve had a nice couple of months of hospitality free life but i think after this week i’ll be hitting the bars and cafes in my area after some work.
I will still keep working at the Herald 3 days a week and nagging them there, but goodbye weekends again, hello coffee machine!
Its all good to shoot randoms, and i shoot alot of random photographs, its mainly my tame attempts at street (of which i should have some scans coming soonish) and the simple proccess of shooting photos for me is theraputic and enjoyable, but i have been trying lately to think of something to document. Documentary photography is what i love, i love looking at the photojournalists i admire, looking at their work and trying to interpret their way of showing me a particular issue or story. Its about people, about issues, its showing people somehting that you otherwise wouldnt see.
Thats what i feel passionate about, yet it takes so much dedication and commitment, and confidence to pursue. I still have yet to mature enough to fully commit myself to a project, or maybe its just i havent found something that makes me want to yet? I love my friends and my social life, and at this time i dont think i’m ready to commit to something that would distract me from that part of my life. It’s all about balance i suppose, but to really be successful in this game i think you have to be 100% commited to your cause.
I’m around people who are passionate about their craft in my work at the Herald and i try to use that to fuel my passion and it works, just talking to someone who loves photography is enough to fire me up and get me motivated and without that i would be a bit lost i think.
I guess what im trying to do by writing this is to tell myself not to beat myself up about the fact that i’m not shooting things of any importance to a greater audience, but rather im shooting for the pure pleasure of it, and that the focus, commitment and dedication will come in time as i mature (im only 22!) but the most important thing at the moment is to just keep shooting.
The last 4 were on the D70 (digital) could ya tell? Bet ya could!
