2007: Take a picture, it’ll last longer
Through the brush,
originally uploaded by Jasmeet.
Twitter is buzzing with people thankful for certain things that happened this year, marking amazing beginnings, sad endings, etc. Made me wonder, is an almost masochist mind frame, what do I have to be thankful for this year?
The answer was staring me dead in the face, really. Photography.
I may have done some photography work here and there, but this year is when I truly took it to a higher level. I took my introduction to photography class where I learnt not just the beauty of film, but the intrinsic value of black and white film photography.
So 2007, we’ve had our downs, but we’ve also had our ups. You made me realize, as lazy as I am when it comes to life, I can be extremely motivated when it comes to something I’m truly passionate about (I spent all day on my birthday in the photo lab (till I got kicked out at midnight), I insisted every print I made be as perfect as possible).
Got to meet a lot of locals around here and share photographic knowledge. I have a regular photoshoot buddy (when he can get away), and I read a decent amount of photography books, and stay up to date on the world of photography through the InterWebs. And yeah, I took some pretty damn good photographs this year too.
This is coming out longer than I really care, and I have other drafts I should be working on and publishing. So 2007, thanks. I took a picture, it’ll last longer.