2012, Friends, and Photos

Well, somewhat.

Christmas is over already. I didn't get any photography stuff but, then again, I didn't ask for much beyond some computer parts. Hopefully they'll be shipping soon!

Through conversations with one of my wonderful friends, I've learned that we simply must do a photoshoot because she's so eager to model for me and is also going to buy a fisheye lomography camera with her Christmas money. That should be fun to play with. Ah, developing photos...sure brings me back.

I should probably get film for my Polaroid. That'd be fun and artsy too.

Right now I AM uploading photos! Slowly but surely, I'll clear out the big queue I've got (it's just a folder with a bunch of pictures in) and probably pass 500 submitted works in the process.

Hopefully, the beginning of 2012 (at least the first few months) should see plenty of star photos, snow, and modelling. Gabriel also wants to model again so I've no excuse for "running out of subject material." I've got two beautiful people practically begging to be photographed. The only thing stopping us is their availability and my lack of car. Luckily Gabe is 15 minutes away and the other (let's call her Sol for now) is about an hour north. Oh, and I suppose a location would be nice.

I'm terrible at posing people and picking locations! Usually my photos are taken when I feel like it. I tend not to go out searching (unless, of course, it's stars) for a location to take tons of photos. It just kinda happens. And I've learned that going with the flow and taking things as they come is a really good approach to life. It's actually applicable to almost anything and has dramatically boosted my self-confidence and overall health. Boy do I need that right now, especially given how difficult and wrought with uncertainty the last semester at college was for me.

I wanted to write something about 2011 in retrospect, but then I decided that dwelling on the past is stupid. Even recapping the things that happened this year ultimately is a melancholy undertaking, one which I'm not so sure is healthy or even entails saying things anyone, including me, would really want to hear. So, as a result, I've decided to look forward and be generally positive about everything possible.

That's not too much to ask of myself, and I'm happy about that.

So! Back to photography!