The Project

 
The Project
Running Dry
Photographers for whom their art is a compelling force can occasionallyrun dry. Similar in nature to writer's block, this phenomena can cause great frustration. 
Another problem exists for photographers who have a certain specialty, but who, because of circumstances, are unable to practice their craft as often as they would wish. In my case, for example, this is an issue because I'm primarily a landscape photographer. Yet, I live in the downtown core of a city of 2.5 million people. To even get to where the suburbs end and the countryside begins is as much as a 45 minute drive‚without traffic. And, of course, once outside of the urban sprawl I'm still hundreds, and in most cases even thousands of miles from the landscapes that I love to shoot the most‚ the mountains and the deserts.
Though I take 4-5 photographic trips a year, excluding the field workshops that I conduct twice a year, this still means that 90% of the time I am not where I want to ...