Sometimes, we get out of the habit of doing things - it's not that we don't like them any more, it's just that life is a busy place and sometimes other things take priority. And so it has been with me and my camera. Back in the days when I blogged more frequently, it felt important to take photos, an accompaniment to what I was saying. But then Instagram kind of took over and it's easier to snap a picture on the phone and say a few sentences and there, hey presto! Record of my days captured, connections made. No need for the more time consuming, big camera and blog post combo.
But I miss my big camera a little bit. Yes, it's a faff, but it it a calming, centering, creative kind of faff. So I have signed up for a course - A Year With My Camera. I heard about it when Alice began it in January, but I was too late to sign up to it then. And actually, I am quite pleased, because at this time of year the light is back and I feel more of an urge to take photos. And hopefully this will challenge me to learn a bit more about my camera. So I have switched off Auto mode and am ready to learn.
And rediscover a pleasure I was out of the habit of enjoying. Care to join me?
That picture was the response to the prompt #abstract, before you think I have lost the plot and didn't know how to focus a camera on manual mode....
And the writing here bit? I was reading this and Laura kind of summed it up when she said I’m never more fully myself than when the words begin to flow. Here's to that too.
