Photographers block, is something we all seem to get. Sometimes it can last for a matter of days, other times months.
Since about August 2009 I have been suffering with such problems. A week in Norfolk at the end of September seemed that it could be the cure. But on coming back with a bag of what I would consider only a few worthy photographs, my block seemed to deepen.
And so this continued. I think between coming back from Norfolk in early October and Christmas I managed to go out twice with my camera.
Christmas came and went, we all drank and ate too much. Then it was round to new year’s. I’d said to myself, no matter what I’m getting up New Years Day. A new year, a new decade and hopefully the cure for my lack of inspiration and desire.
I dragged myself out of bed at 6:45 after a heavy night, feeling a little worse for wear. But I was determined to go out and make some images. Braving the cold, I walked a few miles to a vantage point that overlooked my home town of Ludlow.
It turned out to be a perfect dawn. A hard frost clung to the grass, snow on the hills in the distance and golden sunlight pouring onto the church tower and castle. That feeling of awe and wander was back with me.
For three months I had failed to be inspired or driven. But in the space of a few hours my block dissolved and I’m now looking into 2010 with hope and optimism. I might even go as far as saying, I think 2010 is going to be a good year.
These two images, were the last significant photographs I had taken in 2009.
