Get Motivated

Every photographer I know has experienced a period when he or she hits the wall and needs to create distance from the camera.

Russ Burden

Updated October 14, 2016

Call it a lull, rejuvenation period, or simply time off, it's necessary to maintain creativity.

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Originally Published September 17, 2012

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