Comments on: With Passionate Difficulty http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/ The Blog of Photographer David duChemin // Gear is Good. Vision is Better. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: tanyahttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4529 tanya Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:51:08 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4529 bravo! bravo! i actually threw my hands up in the air in agreement when i read the part about our fears pointing us true north into the very thing we must do....i WILL do just that! thanks for your articulate voice my friend! bravo! bravo! i actually threw my hands up in the air in agreement when i read the part about our fears pointing us true north into the very thing we must do….i WILL do just that! thanks for your articulate voice my friend!

]]> By: Azjamonhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4498 Azjamon Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:34:52 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4498 Hi David. I haven't peeked in for awhile. Happy to see your post on "War of Art."Page 77 (in my paperback) impacts me everyday: "He eliminates chaos from his world in order to banish it from his mind."In other words "Simplify". Its very doable. Get rid of the excuses and the drama and the excess baggage AND the ego's need for approval from others.Maybe "The Tao" is next? namaste~ Hi David. I haven’t peeked in for awhile. Happy to see your post on “War of Art.”

Page 77 (in my paperback) impacts me everyday: “He eliminates chaos from his world in order to banish it from his mind.”

In other words “Simplify”. Its very doable. Get rid of the excuses and the drama and the excess baggage AND the ego’s need for approval from others.

Maybe “The Tao” is next?
namaste~

]]> By: Björnhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4496 Björn Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:59:44 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4496 Thank you! Thank you!

]]> By: Aaron B Brownhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4495 Aaron B Brown Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:49:05 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4495 David what's the deal, I got no response to my e-mail, which was in response to your e-mails. I assume you received my response? David what’s the deal, I got no response to my e-mail, which was in response to your e-mails. I assume you received my response?

]]> By: Larry Larsenhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4493 Larry Larsen Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:37:44 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4493 Thanks David, you are very good at verbalizing thoughts that we all have at one time or another. Thanks David, you are very good at verbalizing thoughts that we all have at one time or another.

]]> By: Seanhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4491 Sean Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:50:49 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4491 What a great post - very inspiring!Just a thought, but how about a Pixelated Image Reading List for us all? What a great post – very inspiring!

Just a thought, but how about a Pixelated Image Reading List for us all?

]]> By: Elshttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4490 Els Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:36:52 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4490 I read the original rant when it was first posted, and am now finding this new post resonates with me as much, if not more so, as the first post. Right now i'm at a crossroads in my creative life, so to speak, and this post is just EXACTLY what i needed to read today. Thanks! I read the original rant when it was first posted, and am now finding this new post resonates with me as much, if not more so, as the first post. Right now i’m at a crossroads in my creative life, so to speak, and this post is just EXACTLY what i needed to read today. Thanks!

]]> By: Timhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4486 Tim Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:50:54 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4486 For the last 3 years or so I have been a regular at a photo challenge site - www.dpchallenge.com. Last year I was the #2 ranked photographer there - which means that I was able to shoot for the client that is the DPC voter. I became very competent at creating images that fulfilled what the voters wanted and thus won many ribbons. But in the past handful of months I have been wanting something different. All this speak of "vision" is making me wonder what mine truly is - if I have it, if I don't where to find it, if I did and don't anymore where did I lose it.So tomorrow my membership lapses at DPC and I continue on searching for me. I turn back to my initial inspiration and reason for purchasing a camera.http://toolephotography.smugmug.com/gallery/7562434_YntKw#488735183_BtjSu For the last 3 years or so I have been a regular at a photo challenge site – http://www.dpchallenge.com. Last year I was the #2 ranked photographer there – which means that I was able to shoot for the client that is the DPC voter. I became very competent at creating images that fulfilled what the voters wanted and thus won many ribbons. But in the past handful of months I have been wanting something different. All this speak of “vision” is making me wonder what mine truly is – if I have it, if I don’t where to find it, if I did and don’t anymore where did I lose it.

So tomorrow my membership lapses at DPC and I continue on searching for me. I turn back to my initial inspiration and reason for purchasing a camera.

http://toolephotography.smugmug.com/gallery/7562434_YntKw#488735183_BtjSu

]]> By: Nicolehttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4485 Nicole Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:48:14 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4485 Yes, sir! I've learned that my best images come by being pushed - either by myself or someone else. When I'm being lazy, etc., or when I expect to blindly point my camera at random things around me and get phenomenal images, I rarely get anything at all.On the other hand, when I'm being pushed but also letting myself be ME and not feeling like I have to produce work like someone else's - when I see my own vision coming to life, and when I truly see myself in my work, THAT'S when I get the stuff that make me jump up and down! Yes, sir! I’ve learned that my best images come by being pushed – either by myself or someone else. When I’m being lazy, etc., or when I expect to blindly point my camera at random things around me and get phenomenal images, I rarely get anything at all.

On the other hand, when I’m being pushed but also letting myself be ME and not feeling like I have to produce work like someone else’s – when I see my own vision coming to life, and when I truly see myself in my work, THAT’S when I get the stuff that make me jump up and down!

]]> By: Cyberward.net » Blog Archive » I’m starting to get the vision thinghttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2009/03/passionate-difficulty/comment-page-1/#comment-4484 Cyberward.net » Blog Archive » I’m starting to get the vision thing Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:56:31 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=2376#comment-4484 [...] David posted on pixelatedimage.com another post on vision, and how hard it can be to take pictures. I get it this time. The last time [...] [...] David posted on pixelatedimage.com another post on vision, and how hard it can be to take pictures. I get it this time. The last time [...]

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