I'm terrible at working with my photos

splendid101

I'll keep this short:

I love taking pictures. I've had photography as a hobby for the last five or six years.

The problem is I often just take pictures, transfer them to my hard drive and there they stay forever and ever, amen.

I have pictures I took in Scotland a few years back and I don't think I've ever looked through them all.

I bought Lightroom recently and thought it would help me in this regard. It has to an extent but I haven't done anything with my pictures in a few weeks.

Also, even when I do work on them I very rarely print.

It's kind of sickening. Sometimes I feel like just selling all my gear off. Maybe I should just walk around the places I like taking photos and not bother bringing the camera any more.

I wanted to set aside a particular evening each week when I'd work on the pictures but haven't started doing that yet. I think I'd work well in this way - i.e. every Thursday spending two hours working with photos.

My goal for years has being to print maybe 5 pictures every two months or so....I'm such a failure.

Basically, sometimes the enjoyment for me is just the taking pictures part, not the rest of it. Suppose there's nothing wrong with that as I still enjoy the hobby, but still...it sometimes feel like I'm the only one, but surely I can't be.

Anyone else in the same boat as me? Any advice?

Not as short as I envisioned.

Thanks.

milos

Hi splendid
I think we can all understand your love with taking a photo and your problem with keeping every pic on your computer.
One solution I have is that I print what I think is the best shot in a set and put it on a wall dedicated to photos (mine is in a back utility room).
The rest I delete after 3 months
I find this helps me remember taking the photos.

magicbastarder

maybe try going for film? if you take fewer pics, you might be more inclined to do something with them?

Balfey1972

Splendid, a suggestion to get your MoJo back.

Join a group or try and get someone in your area with an interest in photography.
Plan a few trips and get out and learn from each other, share and look at the different images achieved.

I have found a new passion for landscape photography over the last 9 months and love it. The main help was meeting up with a group of Bertie Bassett's (allsorts's !!) and learning from them.

Use the group to give positive and suggestions to help improve your shots.

I too have just starting using lightroom and love it. check out tutorials online.

Keep the faith

nager

Why not set-up a flickr account - and share the best ones with family and friends online.

You can link lightroom to your flicker account - so you can upload to flickr though lightroom.