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 Posted: Fri Jan 17th, 2014 16:00
highlander



Joined: Wed Jul 25th, 2012
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Yes, it's normal.

I sold almost all my gear, because I had too. My partner came home one night and, completely without warning, announced our relationship was over and would I leave in the morning.

This meant I was suddenly homeless.

Unfortunately, his family also owned my business premises. I was allowed to continue working out of there for 3 weeks. Which was until the end of commitments I had to persons or businesses they directly dealt with. I then lived and worked in a 20 year old Ford Escort van. But it was impossible.

Although a very good friend let me stay in the spare bedroom, I had no income. After just two months all my savings were gone. I contemplated suicide, very seriously. Then I got a job.

After a couple of months I looked for a place to rent. In order to pay the deposit and put the most basic furnishings in, I sold all my gear. It was all I had worth money.

I regretted it, from the moment I did it.

18 months on I started a photo blog, using my old D200 and then a Canon I picked up cheaply. My aim was to take at least one half decent photo a day, every day. I didn't care how many followers I had. It was for me. It opened my eyes and re-engaged my love of photography.

Photography for me will never be the same again.
It will never again be my business.
But it can still be my passion.

But I needed those 18 months away from it. I needed to walk away from a lot of hurt and a lot of disappointment, and photography was a part of that.



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