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“Your photos are amazing, you must have an expensive camera!” The first thing said to me as I sat down to relax at an end of season soccer party for my kid.
I can’t tell you how many times as a photographer I have heard that phrase or something similar.
Over the years I have taken terrible photos with an expensive camera. I have also learned how to take photos that I am pretty proud of with my cell phone. It all boils down to how well you know your gear, composition, lighting, posing, etc, and whether you do any editing. You don’t need an expensive camera to take great photos!
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It’s locked – where is the key?
“It’s locked, where is the key?”
“I don’t see it anywhere”
*Checks Geocaching app for clues, and realize the key is in a different place than the Cache*
Walking, wandering, searching.
“Found it!”
“Oh Crap, the key is locked in…” (this time with a code)
Our last Cache of the day while easy to find would turn out to be the hardest to open.
Every year, I start out with a list of things I hope to accomplish and it somewhat stresses me out (how, when, why?). So this year I will instead start it with a list of 2023 memories and things that make me happy.
Some of the images I took with my phone, some with my real camera, and some where thankfully captured by other people and shared with me.
I know that not everyone will be interested – its ok. This post is more for me and my memories. But if it inspires others to look back and separate some favorite photos of their own from 2023, that is a plus.
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Today I chose to make a Facebook post about two items on what I call my Happy Shelf. A small Amethyst, and a Tree of Life Charm.
I posted more as a reminder to myself as to why I added some of the things to my shelf, but as people commented on my post it made me pause and think about this past weekend.
The day I was so disappointed in myself because I was already in the first week of January seeing myself on track to FAIL at one of the goals I had set for myself. That goal? To post at least once a week on this blog and I hadn’t written anything during the time I scheduled.
What does my Happy Shelf Facebook Post have to do with not meeting my blogging goals you may ask?
As people started commenting on my Facebook post I started to observe a few things.
I don’t always realize how much people appreciate the small things (like me sharing my Happy Shelf!), and I maybe need to write about those more
I have learned so much about blogging over the years and I am so Type A that I have been immensely intent on “following the rules” as far as creating a “successful blog”. But…the typical blogging type that fits into the rules does not fit with my personality. This makes it difficult for me to be inspired to write.
It’s time to say Fuck it and start doing this blog my way. I’m not really a “fit in the box” kind of person so I’m not sure why I ever thought my blog should be.
As my brain worked through all of those thoughts, I continued to look at my Tree of Life Charm. Yes, I WILL let my light shine for all to see.
Then I wrote this blog post.
And now, as my Tree of Life instructs…
“Celebrate Life’s victories, no matter how small they may be.”
