This weeks post is a simple one. My blog is about to get a little busy with all the photography I have been and will be doing, so I thought it might be nice to make a different kind of post, something to make you think a little before the craziness comes!
... Just last week I had the opportunity to go down to Palm Desert with a friend of mine. We had so much fun together, just taking pictures and hanging in the sun! We decided before we got there that we really wanted to take pictures of each other during sunset, so we grabbed our gear and went on a long and windy adventure up the mountains. Boy did we luck out! As impatient as I am, I like to shoot slow and steady. I enjoy taking my time and paying attention to the details, but of course as we were on our way up the mountains, we realized that we were sort of chasing the sun and that we would have to work fast. I was not happy with this because I didn't think I'd get very many good images. I'm so used to taking my time I knew it would be a push for me to work on the sun's schedule. To my surprise I really pulled through, being under that time constraint and feeling that pressure really forced my brain to remember everything I've learned and apply it. I was able to capture some really amazing images that I'm super proud of, (keep posted!!). I learned that by forcing oneself to use everything you know in a high pressured situation with time constraints you can grow in more than one way. After our split moment of beautiful sunset shooting, I noticed the sun setting on the dry deserted mountain top and couldn't help but to take it in, and of course take a picture. It's really beautiful in the desert and so different from what I'm used to, so even though I only had a quick moment of "Woah", I still had it and enjoyed it. Those exhilarating moments of the fast and furious are such a big part of our daily lives that sometimes we forget to breathe. I hope you know that in the rush of life it's okay to step back, breathe, and just be for a second. Those fast paced moments are what I love and live for, they help me grow and they give me so much joy, but you can never forget to have your "ahhh" moment every once in a while and this was mine...
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This weeks post is a little different, and i'm most definitely out of my comfort zone, but I feel that it needs to be said! I am not much of a sentimental girly girl, I am not one for romantic chick flicks, I regularly forget "meaningful" dates, and you will never see me crying during a commercial. I'm just not the mushy type!! Don't get me wrong I have my moments, but typically i'm not the most sentimental person in the room. Despite this truth about me, just this morning, as I packed up all my stuff and sent it on its way back home, I had an epidemic moment of pure emotion and sentiment. It was about the fact that I'm almost done college. I'm about 3 weeks away from being done school... For real this time, and it made me think about these two crazy years at NAIT!
I remember my first day at NAIT like it was yesterday. Being nervous in a room with faces of people whom i'd never met before, knowing that these were the people i'd be practically living with for the next two years of my life. All I could think was how hard it was going to be to make friends with them, and why do people keep telling me it'll "go fast". I really couldn't fathom the fact that 730 days, 104 weeks, 24 months and two years could go by fast. But they (my profs and the second years at the time) were right! Although I still have no clue as to how 730 days, 104 weeks, 24 months and two years went by fast, it truly did and it only took ONE of those days to become friends with everybody. The last two years of my life have been spent, learning and growing as a human being and as a photographer. I don't think i'll ever forget these two years and how amazing they have been. It's scary to think that true reality lies right in front of me, but because of these people and these two years I am ready to face it head on with no (okay maybe a little) fear. So to my classmates before and after me, thank you for your help and guidance, making me push myself to be so much better as both a photographer and a person. To my graduating class, thank you for your honest advice, kind words, beautiful smiles and all the laughter we've shared, thank you for being you! As corny (Seriously i'm pinching myself right now) as it may sound I hope we stay friends forever and that we can always turn to each other because we really have been through hell and back. Last but not least my profs, thank you so much for putting up with us, your advice and honesty has helped so much. I have learned more than I thought possible. Thank you to everyone who has helped me get here. Friends, family, all of you.... I'm not going to keep blabbing on about this because i'm sure you have better things to do or more interesting blogs to read but I will finish with this, these classmates of mine are my family and as we part ways they will stay my family forever. So lets all get out there and kick some serious photo ass! <3 Josie (Thank goodness all that mush is over, now here are a couple photos of my amazing class!) |