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Departing and Redirecting

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  Why I Decided to Quit Photography: A Journey of Challenges, Changes, and Redirection   I have been in photography for 20 years- from film to digital. During my early days, I did not focus on what you call details. I just pressed the shutter button, then – boom, I have the image, but those days were a normal day for me, nothing much of the composition, technicalities, and the whole nine yards. Everything changed when I found a mentor to guide me in the right direction, but inside my head, it is nothing but a hobby as a whole. I remember one time , my mentor told me to print the taken pictures and sell for profits, and I did not follow his advice and continuously took pictures whenever there was a chance, and if an invitation or opportunity came along the way. It has been six years since I fell in love with film.  I took a rest for one year and transitioned to digital; it is in the digital era of cameras that all the changes and challenges I faced occurred. This is...