photos.

     I have been experimenting more with lighting in my photos and I think I'm finally starting to get to a beginning point.. I think this picture of one of my roommates with lighting is one of my best so far. I'm hoping to get better and quicker at it, I'm not always going to have patient people waiting for me to move around my equipment and wait for me! It's also hard trying to be able to wait for just the right moment. Yes, I could get a fancy camera that takes 8 pictures a second, (too bad they're super expensive) but I've got to work with what I have. I think it's better practice for me and makes me really think about what I'm doing.

     I've been thinking that photography is really somewhat of a parallel to how I'm doing in life. I tend to take more pictures when my life is going well, and vice versa when it isn't. I'm not positive about this part yet, but I also think the types of pictures I take somewhat reflect how I am feeling and the phases I am going through, whether my pictures are of people or nature or something else completely. Hopefully the pictures keep on flowing!

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain."

      I'm not sure what it is but as I was riding my bike to work the other day, something clicked, "I'm incredibly happy!" I thought. What? What was this random thought popping into my brain? Could it be from me riding my favorite green polka dot bike? Or the fact that I was wearing my bug-eye sunglasses? Maybe it was that school was finally over - It could have been all of them combined! Whatever it was, I'm glad it happened.
     I have been somewhat negative the last while trying to take pity on myself for this little mishappening or that, but really, why? I love where I am in my life and what I am doing with it. Yes little things may not go exactly as planned during the week but I wouldn't be the same I am today if those wouldn't have happened. Plus, I'm in a lot better mood once I can accept what's going on and know that my life is in God's hands. What's going to happen will happen, and I am extremely happy with the happenings.