Can I just say Whew!? And maybe WooHoo!? I’m doing a little bit of happy dancing over here. The celebration is on, and with a heavy dose of relief. As Vanessa was announcing our Mortal Muses May theme of Rhythm, I was pretty certain I had lost mine, photographically at least, and I wasn’t entirely certain that I was going to get it back. I know that my lack of photo mojo is no secret here. I wrote about it here and you may have noticed that I haven’t featured any of my own photographs here in some time. The fact is, that save a few iPhone shots of my dog, there haven’t been any photographs of my own to show in some time. I could (and do) blame our hideously long and white winter, along with a million other things but the fact is that I had no real desire to shoot.
Throughout the long winter I had my eye on what I’d hoped would be the light at the end of the tunnel of my shooting draught; my trip to New York City with Meghan and Lindsey. Meghan wrote about our trip earlier in the week and she lamented the shots she didn’t shoot (though I can assure you that that the shots she DID make are pure gold). As for me, this trip was exactly what I needed to find my photographic rhythm again. I set aside my lovely, light travel camera in favour of reconnecting with my DSLR (aka My Boyfriend Mark). It was glorious, folks. Just glorious.
As I begin the editing process, I’ve noticed a few themes emerging in the photos I took, one being building facades with fire escapes. I love the graphic nature of the windows and the diagonals of the fire escapes. The rhythm of city architecture.
And a nice metaphor for the ebb and flow (or ups and downs) that comes with living the life of a creative.
Plus, New York City seems to have an affinity for teal-painted facades and I have a personal rule to “always shoot the teal”.
So where are you these days in your photo rhythm? Up? Down? Just resting in the middle?
These are really awesome photos. I get in photo ruts and I hate it. You sure have come out of yours gloriously. I would love to see New York. (Aussie girl)
Yay, Debra!! 🙂 I totally get that feeling of relief – I’m in much the same place these days, and counting on taking my dSLR travelling as one way to emerge from this photographic funk.
Debra, So glad you found your rhythm again. It was a long winter here as well! Yes to city architecture and teal buildings (especially through your lens)…
YES!! It was SO much fun witnessing you finding your photography rhythm and mojo again. WOOT! xo
oh how I love this! I always shoot fire escapes too. And I think Cara can attest to this, having a fellow photog to wander around with usually helps gain some rhythm back to our creativity.
on that note, we need a MM meetup… just sayin’
Yay! And i love that. Shoot the teal. Always.
I am in the middle of a selling our house project. Even though I am a purger, 53 years of marriage with a non purger has left a lot of stuff to deal with. Yesterday my house went on the market. My house looked like a clean hotel room.
I have been parallized blogging and photoing. Yesterday I was able to write my first blog in over a month. Maybe we just have to finish something else first.
I forgot to say that I enjoyed so much your photos.
”always shoot the teal.” yes, to that. i’m headed to NYC with the fam tmrw … i’m hoping i’ll be able to sneak some photos in, but it will be pretty chaotic.