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Self Reflection: This project was one of my favourite shoots so far because I am a big fan of portraits and capturing emotion. One thing I learnt was to look deeper into my results because the ones I was going to cut at at first are the ones I ended up finding the strongest. It was really satisfying to put together a spread that represents the essence of youth. To me this album says "teens who want to party off the schoolweek with their best friends". I am really happy with how I completed this project.
Snapshot of the day, 17th October 2008. I'm surprised at how well this bitch and I (her pup beside her, but not visible in this shot) blend in with each other, since I consider myself more of a cat person: dogs are too much of an obligation.
Everyone has different sides inside. If you couldn't face each of them in your mind, you may lost. When you feel lost, try to ask yourself for an answer, to find the real pain in each different sides and to fight the pain for yourself. Pain is good, pain make us glow.
bear with me here.
this project, if about anything, is self reflection. and when self-reflecting, one sometimes finds aspects of one's self that one is not especially proud of.
one of those aspects for me is the green eyed monster: jealousy. i must admit, i am often jealous of the attention some people's photostream gets compared to mine.
when i think about it, the rational part of me knows that frankly, many of the photographers simply take better pictures than me. some, may simply "work" flickr better - tagging photos better, submitting to groups etc....
and ultimately, it makes me question why i take pictures - or maybe better put, why i want to share them - online and otherwise. i *think* i would say i don't do it for praise, but because it is fulfilling on another level.
but yet, despite all of the rational reasons, i *still* feel it. makes me want to give up sometimes - not bother.
i can imagine all the eye rolling going on by anyone reading this. well, my hope is by acknowledging these feelings like one would acknowledge an unwelcome house guest i can get past them, and back to why i take photos.
While listening to music, I had some time to self reflect and write in my journal. It was relaxing, and I hope that my words will mean something to future generations.
My old AE-1...Just recently dug it out of the basement, put a new battery in, and loaded up a roll of B&W...
This photo was taken somewhere unknown...in the backcountry of BC.