Sometimes pets are great.
Sometimes they kinda suck.
Night.
Day 30
11 Jul 2014 Leave a comment
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Day 29
10 Jul 2014 5 Comments
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Today was an interesting day. It started out rather slow (typical of the past few weeks). I was searching around WordPress, and stumbled upon a fantastic post http://yourinnerart.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/why-you-might-think-youre-not-creative/. I connected with this post in so many ways, and it inspired me to truly love my creative self. I’ve always had trouble believing that I’m a creative individual. Sure, I have my moments, but overall I doubt myself. Until recently that is.
Lately, I’ve been loving my creativity and trying to express it with both my photography and this blog. I’m realizing that it’s more important to enjoy the process of creating than the stress of creating something “amazing”. I may not be Kandinsky or Rilke, but I AM a creative individual.
I am Brandi, and I love to create. If you don’t like what I create, that’s fine. Everyone has different likes/dislikes, and I can never make everyone happy. That has been a very hard thing for me to realize, but understanding this is helping me grow as a creative spirit. Connecting with people that do enjoy my work, inspires me even more. These people push me and motivate me to continue doing what I love. To those people, Thank You!
My hope for the many days to follow, is that I remember these moments of clarity. That I don’t ever underestimate the power of letting go…being free to express whatever emotions overcome me…ignoring that stupid voice in the back of my head that doubts my creativity. I hope that I always consider myself a creative individual. One who is not afraid of what other people think, and instead creates for herself.
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Day 28
09 Jul 2014 4 Comments
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Pretty quiet day around here today.
I stayed up til 4 am last night, which led to me sleeping in until noon. I didn’t have any plans today, and I woke up with a terrible headache. Therefore, I only took a couple pictures. This picture is interesting to me. It’s very different than the other pictures I’ve been taking lately.
Side note: I was organizing my Flickr page today and realized that my last attempt at a 365 project only lasted 26 days. So, YAY! I’ve already surpassed that attempt. Hopefully, I’ll make it the whole way this time!
Fingers crossed…
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Day 27
08 Jul 2014 3 Comments
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Gonna just go ahead a say it…I kinda phoned in today’s picture. I was getting ready to leave school tonight (around 8:00 pm) and realized I hadn’t taken a picture today. Crap! If it gets dark, my options get really diminished because I’m not working with a flash right now. I started wandering the halls again, and ran into a bulletin board framed in these patches. Ta-Da! :) Done!
Some other random thoughts of the day:
I’m really enjoying this creative side of me. I used to be really opposed to digital photography, (“Film or nothing!”) but I gotta give it credit now. I’m able to take HUNDREDS of pictures a day if I wish vs. worrying about the cost of developing my film.
Down side to all this…organization. Seriously. I’ve spent hours, and I mean HOURS, trying to figure out the best way to organize all the photos I’ve been taking. Add to that the constant updates to Facebook, Flickr, and now my blog.
I hope I don’t sound like I’m complaining. I don’t mean to. It’s just…time consuming. Some of it I really enjoy, while some of it is just work. I’m really enjoying the creative side of digitally altering my photos. I’ve created some really dramatic, off the wall pictures, and I love it! :)
Thanks again for joining me in this journey. I started this blog for myself, but I’m really enjoying the fact that others like it too! :)
So thank you.
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Day 26
07 Jul 2014 2 Comments
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I decided to play with an abstract photo for today. I really like the textures and vibrant colors of this one.
For the past month or so, I have been going to Open Mic Night @ Eddie’s Attic every Monday night. Today was no exception. :) I have also noticed that there seems to be a lot of neat things around that place, and have been wanting to go early and take some pictures. After walking around for a bit, I soon realized this area is downtown Decatur. So to answer my earlier noted interest…YES!…there are a lot of neat things here.
I got some really interesting shots today, and this one is no exception.
Good pictures, good music, goodnight!
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Day 25
07 Jul 2014 1 Comment
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I decided to take a trip to Jones Bridge Park today in hopes of getting some inspiration from the good ole Chattahoochee. I did…and didn’t. I was thinking that there would be more of an opportunity to photograph interesting things at this park…but I seemed stumped. It may be that it was a Sunday afternoon and the park was VERY full. It may be that I was not properly dressed to get up close and personal with the river. It may be some underlying apprehension to push myself into uncomfortable situations to get a good shot. Not sure.
Either way, it was hot and I didn’t feel like I was getting what I wanted so I left and headed to a place I knew I would get something I liked. I went back to The Forum where I had taken some great flower shots recently. Success. This brightened my spirit and I ended the evening with some delicious Chipotle. Yum!
The funny part of today’s adventure was that I actually did get some good shots at Jones Bridge Park. My photo of the day came from there! :) Along with some others that I’d love to alter and see what I can get. It’s all a matter of perspective I suppose.
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Day 24
05 Jul 2014 Leave a comment
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Another day, another picture. Today I hung out with some old TSS friends. After sitting inside for a while I decided to take a moment and be anti-social. I had noticed a neat looking wind sculpture in the yard when I got to the house. Stepping outside I snapped some pictures at different angles. Pretty neat looking but kinda hard to photograph. :) There was this crazy white square structure in the background that kept distracting my focal point.
Thinking about it now…I should of tried taking a picture from the other side of the thing. Ah well. I like the balance of this shot.
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Day 23
04 Jul 2014 4 Comments
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Happy 4th of July!
Today started out pretty low key. I didn’t have any plans for the holiday, just kinda playing it by ear. Niki decided to head to a friends pool and I tagged along. Not that I really wanted to swim (I may be a pisces…but I don’t really like to play in water). :) I decided it would be nice to get out of the house and get some fresh air. I brought my book and my camera and off we went. That’s where I got this picture.
The afternoon was very relaxing and afterward we ran some errands and then headed to Niki’s friends house for a cookout. Even though I didn’t know many people there it was still a good time. Kinda made me miss my family though. (Niki’s friends have a very large, close family) We hung out there for a little while and then went to meet Amber for some firework watching. Love fireworks!! Again I was reminded of Florida as I thought of Siesta Beach’s great firework display.
All in all, fun day.
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Day 22
03 Jul 2014 3 Comments
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Lazy day today. As I look out the window around 7 tonight I realized…crap…I didn’t take a picture today! So I grabbed my bottle cap collection and headed outside. This is what I got. Not super pleased with it…but at least I took a picture today. That means something right? (I ask…umm…myself?)
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Day 21
02 Jul 2014 Leave a comment
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I found this gorgeous flower in Will’s yard. I had to shoot underneath it to really see how pretty it was. For some reason it was all curled up and facing downward. Maybe because it was in the heat of the day…maybe because it just didn’t want to show itself. I’m not sure what kind of flower it is but I love the spots. I shall call you Leopard Lily.
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