It's not a hard question but it is a rather in depth one. As I have detailed in previous posts I am from the country and love the outdoors, so the colour and serenity I get from being outdoors fills me with zen.
When I leave my house with a camera I find that the constant mish-mash of thoughts that swirl around my brain, robbing me of my sleep, start to slow down and I can relax and focus of what I see through the viewfinder. Sometimes I just like to hike through the bush, find a place to sit and simply visualize and conceive the photo before I even take the camera from my bag.
For me this is not about money. I hate money and what too much of it does to people. I will be very happy to earn enough to feed myself and have a roof over my head. I guess I have begun to embody the "struggling artist" stereotype where the passion for what I do takes over the reasonable actions of reasonable people and I'm cool with that.
I have not nailed down my own "style" but I'm sure that will come with time and at this point I simply enjoy taking pictures and learning from them as much as I can.
What I am most excited about is my very recent venture into film. I have taken some stills and the excitement is killing me because I have no idea how they are going to turn out. I used a hand held light meter and trusted my own ability but I just don't know.
Honestly I want some of these pictures to be complete and utter failures because with no digital data I have to use my brain and work out why they went wrong, I want to take a better photo in-camera and learning from my mistakes is a good way to do that. I have knowledge, skill and passion, but some luck would sure help things along too, also I can't just run it through Lightroom to fix exposure. What lies ahead after Tafe is very exciting.
Thanks Steve for opening up my third eye and making the other two view things differently. A person who can get me excited about history and has me hanging off their every word is damn decent bloke in my book, you are just so trendy :)
Sean Ray.