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Friday 8 July 2016

The Way I See It... Photography

Hey guys! The other I was thinking about photography and what it means to me and I thought it would make a really cool addition to this series. Photography is definitely something I'm passionate and that's something I want to share with you. This post may get a bit poetic (aka I will ramble) but I feel like I'm in wonderland when I take photos so I suppose it's a reflection of how I feel.

Photography, according to the dictionary is "the art or practice of taking and processing photos". I suppose that capture what it is but to me, it is the thoughts that run through my head and the feeling I get when I'm taking photos.

Nature is probably my favourite thing to photograph. It is beautiful, whether or not we care. A flower blooms whether we are watching or not. The sun shines whether we are there to love it or not. I believe we can learn a lot from nature which is one of the reasons I love capturing that. When I take a beautiful photo, it hits me that every little part of nature is beautiful. It's hard sometimes to think about the little things that make up a beautiful, huge something that influences us so much but photography opens my eyes to that and I am so grateful.

Another thing that I love about photography is that I feel so free when I'm doing it. Being out there in the world, alone is something that I find so magical. I feel like my problems dissolve in the soft breeze and it's just me, the camera and the beauty. Something washes over me and tells me that I am safe, a feeling I don't get all that often.

I have been asked by Marianne over at Don't Burst My Bubble (she is lovely, definitely check her out) to do a post on photography tips, I have been trying really hard to squeeze something worthwhile out of my brain but it's proving difficult. Hang in there I promise I'm trying! Until I post that post, here is a tip, don't take it too seriously! Just go out there and enjoy yourself, the love will show up in your photos.

Thank you all for reading this post and until next Friday (at 5:00 pm New Zealand Standard Time)... The way I see it... photography is beautiful and magical. Goodbye (drops mic).

xxx

Catherine

Friday 1 July 2016

A New Beginning


Hey guys! I have been away for quite a while, haven't I! I think I've been away for about two months. In the first month, I was stuck in a rut. I went to blog and nothing worth writing could escape my mind. My blogging life was turning into a The Fault In Our Stars quote, "my thoughts are stars I can not fathom into constellations". Ideas for posts buzzed around my mind but I could get them out in words. In the second month, I was house sitting with my family. The was no internet or TV. I know that I could have written post offline but having no internet doesn't exactly help when you're stuck in a rut. I decided what I needed was something new in my blog to give me back that excitement I get from blogging. I had been tossing around the idea of a new series before I got blogger's block but now I know the details of the series so today, I want to tell you about those details!

So this series will be called "The Way I See It...". It will be about my opinion on anything. What I really like about this series is that it leaves the subject quite open. I can write about anything that I feel inspired to write about. I have already got so many ideas up my sleeve and since it's a wide range series, you guys will still be getting a lot of the same kind of posts.

I will be posting every Friday at 1700 (5:00pm) New Zealand Standard Time (GMT+12:00). I'm having this series scheduled so that you can rely on the post being there every week at that time. I have always loved schedules on other blogs because I know that I can make myself some tea and read a new blog post, it's so relaxing and hopefully you can have that experience too.

I am really excited to get back into blogging and I can already tell you that today will be spend writing this month's posts and catching up on all the posts I missed, it's going to be a good day. Wish me luck with this series!

xxx

Catherine