And I have always enjoyed the artistic side of things. 🙂
I started taking pictures for the fun of it. I took pictures of whatever inspired me. I love beauty. I love color. When I see it I just have an urge to just go capture it . . . or at least am challenged to at least try to capture it. 🙂
So my advice for getting started back into photography is to explore what inspires you. It’s different for everybody. What catches your eye, what you find beautiful, what makes you pull the camera out of your bag . . . that’s the wellspring of motivation that will keep you challenged and growing.
This makes photography fun and keeps you snapping as you push yourself through the self-critique, practice and outside-critique that have already been mentioned. It all works together!