We have arrived at that time of the year where you get to peel back the layer and start new. Get things in line to restart the engine and set the goals that will certainly be a challenge to live up to in about a week after the new year.
I am amazed by the large amount of stuff that gets piled into a year. 365 small short days that we try and squish into something more. I know a lot of folks that simply are living with the time and hoping for something better. I am in a much better spot this year. Not sure why but I suspect it has a lot to do with pressures at work and life in general. I have found something a little more stable to stand on or something like that. Nobody is immune from life, it creeps up on you and tackles you from behind and let me be the first to say it has certainly provided us with some fun this year.
Mostly right now I am sitting with a pile of used kleenex beside me. Yep 1st day off and boom life hands me a cold so my vacation is spent not sleeping and fighting this in the hopes it is gone in the next day or so. what can I say it is simply just the way it goes.
I had some deeper thoughts on this but really we are all here living it day in and day out. I have taken a longer stride into my pictures this year. I have seen a lot of improvement when I go back I like what I have created. I am always looking now for some opportunity to use my camera. I have started to do some HDR stuff and I am planning some negative conversion but that we will see. I think I mentioned I would post it if it works out. 1000 ways to not make a light bulb come to mind. But that is the part that is both frustrating and inspiring I may get it working who knows.
With that my photos this year seem to be getting more interesting I think my mind is open a lot of the time and I am composing better. Or I am just full of shit and the only person that really likes the pictures is me. But if I am the only person that likes them so what. I am the person that wants to create them. On top of that I am really enjoying the post production process which is what I am truly starting to learn and develop those skills.
Lets talk about something else now. Cameras and pictures are great but what about the rest of the creative process. I have found that I am much more at home with creative people I love the creative mind set. I first thought about this when I met some folks in Winnipeg at my Uncles funeral. It was at that moment I thought wow I love being around people that are creatively open. It was like the clouds cleared and I could see. So as I have taken a look back at what I have been creating I have realized a lot of that has come with the desire that has grown. I enjoy creating. Even if the stuff never leaves my house it is what I enjoy and at time love.
Back to the holidays now. I hope everyone is ready for the holidays. I also hope everyone is ready to relax and enjoy and not get all stressed out. This world is sooooo stressed it is seems like it gets harder for people to find that opportunity to unplug. So hey, just relax, nobody needs to get all in a twist if the turkey is not quite 100%, really just enjoy the moment and the people you have with you. Enjoy life.
With that have a great Christmas and I will either get another note in prior to the new year or maybe it will be a 2015 post. who knows.
Cheers everyone.
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