Due to a heavy 9-5 workload and temperatures bouncing around this winter I have not been feeling very artistic. Having a cold this weekend isn’t helping. To try and motivate myself to get out and shoot something different I picked up a Rodenstock Imagon 200mm soft focus lens.  I set out to my trusty location at Edge of the world looking for some new compositions to try it. I did not have any luck there but did find a nearby hunting road open. I know there is a water fall somewhere at the end of the road but have never been able to find it. I took a different track on an unmarked trail but knew the area would lead me back to the Amicalola River and a familiar path.  I struggled up and down steep mountain slopes covered with leaves so every step was treacherous. I spent a lot of time sliding and crawling and traversing a small stream back and forth.  I never did find the falls I was looking for but did return to a spot I remembered and knew the way out of. Having the Atlas pack helped a good bit because it distributed the weight of my gear during the strenuous areas.  That evening I full of body cramps because I used muscles that I haven’t exercised in a while

I did manage to take one shot with the Imagon after all of that “adventure”. Being sick I have not felt like developing the film but forced myself to do two sheets today. The Pyrocat-M developer I mixed in May is still going strong  though the negs look a bit on the thin side to me, so I am going to do a backyard shot test before losing valuable hard earned shots.

I guess the point I wish to make here is that even when you are not feeling creative you can and must force yourself out of the doldrums to do something to bring out that inner photographer. Get off the couch.