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So lately I have been a little nostalgic for my days as a photo student. When photography was not about a client, or pleasing anyone but myself (and maybe my professor). I don't get very many opportunities anymore to just shoot for me. Don't get me wrong, I love what I do and feel really blessed to be able to do it, but photography is more than that to me. I miss film and dark rooms, enlargers and smelling like chemicals, and watching images appear on paper in a dimly lit room. There was something so satisfying about knowing that you were truly creating an image. And I want to go back to that time with all that I know now, because 1) I could be such a better student, and 2) I wouldn't take any of it for granted! And I would take advantage of every opportunity that being a student gives you. Maybe one day I'll get to do that again. I didn't make a list of resolutions this year, but I hope that in 2010 I can carve out regular time to just create images for me. I culled through some old folders from this past year looking for images that weren't taken for any specific purpose. I didn't find too many (which reiterates my point!). But here are just a few that I did find. I'm not saying that they are great or magical, I'm just saying I like them. Mostly for personal reasons, but I like them.

My favorite time of year in my favorite place.

I shot these three after a very frustrating day...


Don't you feel more relaxed now? I did:-D

Hummingbirds in my grandparent's backyard.


It's abandoned, so of course I like it.

The cemetery at Andersonville.

My grandfather's "Little House". I don't think I had ever been in it except to take this picture. It holds a lifetime of projects and treasures. This is a portrait of my grandfather, without him in it. Why the water in the OceanSpray bottles you ask? I don't know, but that just makes me love this picture and him more.


My favorite thing at the State Fair.

I also miss experimenting.


Thanks for putting up with that. haha. Just felt like sharing.