Do you ever get tired of taking photos?

I suppose its like anthing else, if you lack the variety in any particular hobby or pursuit it just gets boring. Taking a break is important. Finding new focus and direction will come in time. I too get tired of post processing. In the 10 months since in received my first digital camera, I'd say I've only processed less than 10 percent of the keepers. I have lots of sorting to do before I can even begin to manage final processing.

I like the art work.....good for you for finding other artistic outlets. I'd love to see more if you are so inclined.

--gmaize

It's interesting to hear majority of you don't get tired of taking photos, but of the post processing. I can agree on the latter. Sometimes I just don't want to open PS at all.

With getting tired I guess I mean there isn't that spark there at the moment. Like I'm...bored to an extent perhaps? I get like this with all my hobbies, surprised not many other do. Sometimes I just can't find the inspiration to take up a pencil, put a lot of thought into a photo or bother to play that song on the piano. It's a bit like writer's block perhaps.

I think it is very healthy to

a) have several hobbies which are all very different, touch different areas of brain (5 art hobbies is not good!). E.g. one visual, one aural, one physical, one mental.
b) have breaks which clean up your mind and reset routine.

I do not shoot very often, but when I shoot I have a reason and agenda, I really enjoy it, I am motivated to do it and eager to get good shots. I never pick up the camera if I do not feel like it - that is the advantage of not being a full time pro of course.

Short answer?

Nope...

Steve

Hm, Pekka has a point about too many art hobbies perhaps being a bad thing! LOL I can't help it though! I've drawn since somone put a crayon in my hand. I've written stuff since I made my own newspapers at the age of 10. Played the piano since I was six (but rarely anymore to be honest). Took up photography a few years ago. I read a lot.
Geesh, maybe I need a new non-art related hobby? But what the heck would that be?? Eh, does cross stitching constitute as art? I do that too now and then... Hm, maybe I should just begin to study German again....

yeah, after 15hrs of taking photo's at a friends wedding as a "favour", you kinda get sick of it. more likely you just want a break so your hand can uncurl itself and blood can flow freely around your shoulders. but I have to agree, taking photo's is heaps of fun, but sorting the pics, post-processing and printing etc is a chore I must say. Thats why the hobby is called "photography" not "post-processing.

Bresson walked away from photography and went back to painting, his first love. If it can happen to a great it can happen to anybody, but then he did that after decades and leaving his mark on the world, not after a year