Posts Tagged ‘photography’
So, What Did I Accomplish and Learn About Myself in 2009?
This year has been great and I learned so much about myself and what I can do if I set few goals and saw what happened. These are some of the highlights of my year.
- No internet for 2 weeks.
- Read a book in a day.
- Did a crazy cardio challenge for a whole week.
- Multiple times walking 29 flight of stairs (twice with 10lb ankle weights on each leg).
- Went to California and enjoyed myself immensely.
- Figured out my other passion: Photography!
- Read 5 books in a month.
- Did task/goals on my someday list.
- Set my countdown to leave Corporate America.
- I learn how to write better; also, my grammar improved so damn much.
- Start a novel.
- Wrote over 300,000 words.
- Take a trip for the sole purpose of seeing how fucked up a city truly is (Detroit).
- A 900-plus-mile road trip from Detroit to New York.
- Saw how a small business is striving during a shitty economy.
- Wrote for a full month in my novel (nearly 30k words of dedication).
- Bought a house.
- Proposed to my girlfriend!!!!! (She said yes).
- Finished writing my first novel. (Wrote over 108k words! It is a pile of shit right now, but I’m the shit for completing this crazy challenge).
- Wrote every single day of the year and will never stop doing so…
I also figured out many things about myself.
- I’m an impatient person.
- I work best with less goals.
- I think way too fucken much and wish I can turn it off.
- I go into loops of thought and don’t know how to stop thinking about what I don’t want to think about. (This one is weird, will explain once I figure out how to get out of my head).
- I am an extreme type of person. My fiancée notice this when I was doing my crazy challenges.
- I truly found myself. This is an on-going experience, but writing everyday gave me a chance to question everything about myself. In the beginning of the year, I wrote for 2 straight months of thoughts that were in my head. I was surprised by the information that was effecting the way I lived. I strongly recommend people to write for a couple of minutes a couple of days a week to have a clearer vision of what they want to do or struggling with.
- I like walking. It is great exercise and very therapeutic. Besides laughing at all of the fat people running on the trail I frequently walk, I’m still amazed how better it is on my joints and how the weight disappears. Since I’m so much in my head, the walking helps me to not think (well, as little as possible) and gives me the opportunity to calm my thought, provoking ass down.
Tags: goals, perspective, photography, writing
My Other Addiction: Photography!
Why Photography?
It is a good idea, for anyone, who is starting to take something a little more serious than they usually do is to take baby steps. There is no reason to go fully overboard because one may find out it isn’t for them.
I did this very method of finding my passion through writing and now I have done so in the field of photography. I used to take photos with my crappy point and shoot camera. I would take the camera anywhere, I would take a photo a day, I took it even to work to see what interesting things I would capture. I had a great time doing so, but as months passed by I stopped using my camera, I just didn’t care anymore. I made the decision over the past Christmas break to get a present for myself. So I ended up getting a Nikon D60.
Great camera, bulking, but not unreasonable, and I could learn for days on how to use it properly. Everyone learns differently and the way I learn is by playing with things without using a manual. I finally hit a brick wall, so I read some of the manual, watched a couple of the videos, and read some information online. I even bought a bigger lense for my California trip so I could take better images far away. I was in the game and knew this was my second passion of active interest.
I have now committed to being a photographer. I have bought Apple Aperture, a 16 gig memory card, and a photography book that will teach me everything I need to know about photography. I can go to classes and get the experience there, but I want to do this on my own. This is the way I feel I will learn more efficiently and appreciate the art of photography.
Tags: Nikon D60, photo journalism, photography, writing
What I See, Story 1- Mr. Homeless guy
This is a new series of post I will do on friday that is called, What I See. During the week I will take photos of various events around me. I will provide a story behind the photo. This is essentially giving my readers a glimpse into my writing, the way I think, and also about my life. It wouldn’t be fair to only talk about writing, I have to be willing to show yall my pieces, too. Let me know what you think.
Mr. Homeless guy was packing up his belongings to begin his day. He had on some old adidas’ sneakers that barely held his feet in place, due to worn out shoe strings. He wore the same outfit every single day, however, whenever I pass him he didn’t smell of an odor. He is a man around the age of his mid 40’s to early 50’s, he is probably younger, but the weathered look of living on the streets for however long, has aged him.
Many people walk pass him, especially during the work-week, I also am a victim of passing him without any care.
Tags: homeless, lost, passion, photography, writing
- @YEAdamMcFarland The full screen editor are badass, I get plenty done, but there shouldn't be a reason for so many choices. 12:37:20 PM November 13, 2009
