Photography

November + December

Here it is, the last video of 2012! I had a really fun time making this one – I loved the music, and getting a chance to look back on all of 2012 was really fun. It helped me realize just how wonderful the year was, even if it didn’t always feel like it at the time.

I don’t know whether I’ll be doing monthly videos this year. I’m happy to not have the goal, it makes me feel freer. So maybe I’ll just do videos whenever I capture moments, when I feel like it.

Either way, I’m sharing it here just for fun. Happy Wednesday!

Holidaze

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It is so good to be home. There’s something magic about this place, that no matter how hard I try I’m not able to replicate in my little apartment in Montreal. Maybe it’s the kittycats running around, or maybe it’s the all the twinkly lights everywhere, or all the edible goodies. But I think mainly it’s just getting to be a part of my funny and silly and opinionated family. We have fun, and we bicker, and we laugh and there’s nothing like being with them. I’m not home often enough anymore, but every time I am it feels special.

I’ve been spending my post-exam days eating, catching up with friends, taking photos (I’m always inspired by the life in this house), updating the blog little by little (and loving every small change so far), and running errands. I can’t wait for when gifts are all figured out and I can spend a few days just relaxing and reading.

Hope you’re home with your loved ones and having a magical time. xoxo.

Project 365: Week 46 + 47

I’m still so grateful that I decided to take on this project in 2012. Today I was looking at photos from February, and I remember taking one of them and thinking to myself “well, that’s it then, better get outside because I’ve taken every photo I could possibly take in my little apartment”. Funny, though, that I’m still having that thought almost every day and apparently it is never true! I love that I’m still learning new things all the time and experimenting. Yes, I could do to get outside more with my camera, definitely. But learning how to play with all the different settings is a great thing, whether I do it inside in bad light or outside in nice light.

I’m excited to be finished this project and move on to something new, but I’m happy happy happy that I did it this year.

Project 365: Weeks 41 to 45

Whoa girl, it’s been a while since I posted my Project 365 photos. Don’t worry, I haven’t fallen off this wagon quite yet! That being said, I am really excited to be finished this project. I think it’s been real, and great to take a photo of something every single day – it forces me to look hard at my environment and try to find some beauty in the everyday. Atthe same time, I think it’s natural to have some “off days” where things just are a little boring or a little busy, just because they are. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I am planning on having another, vaguer photo goal for 2013: take as many photos of beauty as you possibly can, do a weekly roundup. I like goals that can come together over a slightly longer period of time (like the cake goal!) and that don’t have to be done every single day. I’ve at times found this goal a little suffocating. But my photography has improved! So that’s the best.

Happy Thursday!

Ps. A few links:

  • I was immediately into this computer wallpaper from LinkWithLove as soon as I saw it. December promises to be completely crazy, so having a (cute, graphic) calendar close at hand seemed like a very good idea.
  • One perk of my hair having grown (way) out is going to be trying these holiday hair tutorials from A Cup of Jo.
  • I’ve been using this pattern to make some cozy handwarmers. I’ve made one so far!

 

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