It's Good to Start Somewhere

Today, it was decided!

I would start up a blog for the 6th time in my life and I would remain faithful in trying to work to build this up.

I knew it would take a lot from me, time, being at the forefront of it all. But, the time won't be from writing my thoughts. When I say time, I mean becoming spirited in opening up my laptop and being able to type www.blogger.com into my search engine! I mean not being overcome by other websites which I would rather visit. I just wish their was an 'APP' for blogspot. It would make my life a lot easier. But nevertheless, I will work to keep this up. To help me to become enthusiastic when it comes to writing and to also document my recent reads, recent poems I have written or recent events I have photographed.

I will begin this mid December with a selection of photographs.

They say a lot about the past month for me. I have been on a journey of self discovery and kind of fell into an area where I think fate has drawn me to.

The first image is a selection of paints and paintbrushes, some PVA glue and a sketchbook.

I am no artist, but this is all for a scrapbook, a portfolio, that I will be starting to work on.

The second image is a photo from a book which I am quite fond of at the moment, a book all about lomography. I read a couple of pages every night with a cup of green tea. I don't wish for it to end so I am pacing myself to say the least (and re-reading chapters). I will identify the highlights on my next blog post, once I have finished reading.

The third image is from a selection of around 12 images. I was being a little experimental and creating a short film from these images. I will work on this a little bit more and bring it to around 30-40 images to get a real feel of moving image in photography.

All the images were taken on my HTC XE camera phone. I think by using my phone for taking pictures on a daly basis I have captured a lot more than I would do on my DSLR, It doesn't take me that long, but in my mind all I seem to do is want to create that 'Perfect' image. And I always want to kick myself when I don't meet the requirements and standard that I have set myself when it comes to shooting with a DSLR. There was a time where I loathed images taken from a camera phone, they appeared to look very grainy and nothing special. But, the whole concept has changed in my mind, technology has also reached a new peak and my phones camera is 8MP. As a lover of photography, I know this still is not a lot, but I remember when I frst started with a digital camera at the age of 17 and it was 10MP. Smartphones have changed the whole outlook of photography and sharing photography in my eyes.