I feel that, I regularly catch myself wondering "do I want to make friends or just piss people off?" I did a lot more self censoring in the past but last year largely put an end to that. In my experience it usually balances out anyways, for every person you tick off there's usually someone else who appreciates what you're doing.
I have similar feelings about process photos, most of the ones I've come across just aren't relevant to what I'm doing. I'm sure they're helpful for some people but they just don't do much for me. Still, some of the best 'education' comes from unconventional sources in my experience. I mostly learn the hard way, even if you tell me the right way to do it, I've got to do it the wrong way first before I remember it.
Hey, knowing your risk tolerance is important. I've been in some lively situations in pursuit of photos and even if nothing goes terribly wrong it still takes a toll. The Cat From Hue gets into that a bit, Laurence eventually left Vietnam but it didn't leave him.
I don't imagine my experience and influences are of much relevance to younger people.
I have to disagree, there's always something to be learned from different perspectives and experiences. My partner has a background in art, mine is in history, we see and shoot things rather differently but also learn from the other's way of working. They mostly shoot film, I'm almost exclusively digital but the differences mostly seem to make for a nice synergy. At least until they're waiting for their film to get back and I'm already bored of editing...
Stills of films, I love it. Now I'm gonna have to do that with Metropolis. Hey, it can't be any worse than 2018 was 😎 It'll get bad, then it'll get better again. Thanks for dropping by! It's nice to have something substantial to respond to.
Oh yeah... I mostly regret my complaining haha