two years of photography

My life had been headed towards some major change for quite a long time, but in April of 2012, it finally got there. I finally got my hands on a dSLR camera – rather, I should say, my husband knew how much I wanted one and made it happen. I’d been wanting one for so long I cannot remember when urge to frame a shot first happened. That one small thing has shaped my life ever since.

lifestyle changes

For some reason I feel like I should be writing, perhaps only because it’s been months since I have last written.  My excuses are not even that there’s nothing to say, or even that there’s too much to convey.  More simply, that I haven’t bothered to write; my discipline has been spent elsewhere. For a time, when we first moved to Arizona, I dedicated myself to writing and to my photography. Later, towards the New Year, I dedicated myself to healthy habits; mainly – eating better and getting into the habit of exercising.

Magic and Joy

So the pictures I had printed are now on my wall, looking great, I might add.  The pictures of my cousin’s (now) bride getting ready for the wedding turned out pretty great, not amazing, but then I’m a solid photographer, not an amazing one.  And to top it off, I just finished a photography book!

"Operation: Gallery Wall Project" Underway

Received multiple pictures in the mail yesterday, just normal random family pictures (a few of the puppies), mostly ones I've taken.  All meant to fill empty frames we've had around for months.  Now that we own a house we’re finally putting up lots of things that have been waiting around for a long time just to be displayed.  The pictures arrived and they happily looked as good as or better in print than they did on the monitor. 

New Projects

Moving to Arizona put a hold on so many things for me – the hardest being my photography.  It’s been months since I've really sat down and processed any pictures and longer since I’d sent any to be printed, or even taken any pictures.  Months since I've thought about any of the projects I had planned.  Yet for the past couple weeks I've been anxious to get started.  Why hadn't I?  This, that, or the other.  Mainly because we weren't quite settled yet, so there were (and still are) so many chores, little things that need to be done.  Today, I’m chomping at the bit to be able to set up my computer and monitor and have at it.

My Photography in 2013

At the beginning of this year I had a nice plan for working more on photography.  And it actually worked for about a month or so, and then life got in the way.  I haven’t abandoned my photography – not at all!  I’ve even tried out a new (to me) type of lens (I rented a macro and fell in love with it).  The end result is fairly similar, yet the path I've taken so far is different.

determined

In less than a year I won't live in this state anymore.  Hopefully, we'll be buying our first home, settling into where we're going to live for maybe the next ten years of our lives.  In less than a year, many things about my life will have changed.  This means that currently I'm taking the time to set some goals, not for where I want to be, physically, but with what I want to be doing.

full circle

It’s ironic, when I think about it, how much my life has gone, if not full circle, come back around again.