09-10-2023, 06:21 AM
There are 3 points to consider here:
1) If you feel uninspired this doesn't mean that your photos aren't good, you have some pretty awesome shots here.
I am sure from this trip, you have more keepers and better photos than from trips back when you were a young unexperienced photographer. At that time you used to feel inspired and motivated but now you are far better, the problem is that your standards are higher and you have very high expectations.
2) the weather and conditions are never excuses, it's just that you aren't anymore ready to rise at 4 AM to take the perfect shot which is totally understandable: you are on a vacation to enjoy yourself and have some good time, you are not a professional landscape photographer selling prints for a living.
3) In new places you have to adapt, your can't apply shooting habits and style from Europe and Australia to Bali, get creative and use what you have to make good shots, when I first arrived to Qatar I found practically nothing to shoot, even for sunsets the sun rises from the sea to set on the land, in an absolutely flat country, not a single mountain, nor a single natural river.
It took me some time to learn how to shoot mangroves, sand dunes during tides, saltwater lakes, I even discovered salt flats (Sabkha) that can be magical to shoot. A good idea before traveling somewhere is to see photos others have taken, to know what to expect and what gear to use, and some extremely useful tips, for instance in Qatar if you don't pay attention to water condensation and take your camera from 20 degrees inside immediately to 45 outside you will have water condensation on the lens and you won't be able to take a single shot.
1) If you feel uninspired this doesn't mean that your photos aren't good, you have some pretty awesome shots here.
I am sure from this trip, you have more keepers and better photos than from trips back when you were a young unexperienced photographer. At that time you used to feel inspired and motivated but now you are far better, the problem is that your standards are higher and you have very high expectations.
2) the weather and conditions are never excuses, it's just that you aren't anymore ready to rise at 4 AM to take the perfect shot which is totally understandable: you are on a vacation to enjoy yourself and have some good time, you are not a professional landscape photographer selling prints for a living.
3) In new places you have to adapt, your can't apply shooting habits and style from Europe and Australia to Bali, get creative and use what you have to make good shots, when I first arrived to Qatar I found practically nothing to shoot, even for sunsets the sun rises from the sea to set on the land, in an absolutely flat country, not a single mountain, nor a single natural river.
It took me some time to learn how to shoot mangroves, sand dunes during tides, saltwater lakes, I even discovered salt flats (Sabkha) that can be magical to shoot. A good idea before traveling somewhere is to see photos others have taken, to know what to expect and what gear to use, and some extremely useful tips, for instance in Qatar if you don't pay attention to water condensation and take your camera from 20 degrees inside immediately to 45 outside you will have water condensation on the lens and you won't be able to take a single shot.