my reason for stopping

If you follow my flickr account or check up on it every so often you'd know that I've decided to stop my project 365. It kind of sucks because of how far I've come, but after I took my 4 day break to get inspired, my 365 sort of went on the back burner, and now I haven't got any motivation to keep it going.

Am I sad about it? Yes. Is it for the best? Probably.

When I started my 1st project 365 back in June, I didn't really think about it and how hard it would be. It lasted 14 days. A couple days later, I decided to start another one, and all was fine and dandy until about 2 weeks ago when it was starting to bring me down. I tried my hardest to start up again, but it just isn't working, so call me a quitter, but I'm stopping it.

The whole idea of a project 365 is to learn and grow, and I have. I have learned so many things since I first started this project back in July, and to be honest, I'm pretty proud of myself for even making it to day 101!

Come January 1st, I'll probably be starting another 365. Hopefully I'll have more luck, motivation, and inspiration the 3rd time around! ;)

day 1

day 101

-Hope

crazy, busy life

A lot of changes have taken place in these past couple of days and in the midst of it all I haven't had very much time to photograph, never mind blog! Until things slow down a little my poor blog probably won't get as much love as it deserves- the best I can do is leave you with the few pictures I have taken! :)

kali-cat mid yawn!

-Hope

i want to remember

I want to remember the fun times during lunch, sitting with good friends, and laughing over the silliest of things until we all have tears running down our faces.

I want to remember the fabulous sleepovers where we stay up talking about boys, school, and pretty much just life in general until the early hours of the morning.

I want to remember the way hundreds of students flood into the narrow hallways when the bell rings, and the crowded bus rides home from school.

I may just be a crazy sentimentalist, but I want to remember all of the simple everyday things that will soon be forgotten. Why? Because time is literally flying by. I mean, it's October the 14th for goodness sake!

Doesn't it seem like just yesterday I started 10th grade? To me it does, and to be honest, it kind of scares me, because before we know it we'll be graduating high school and moving on with our lives as individuals.

I'd be lying if I told you that I don't miss the simplicity of being a child, but then again, I'd also be lying if I told you that I don't enjoy my day-to-day life as a 15 year old, 10th grade, high school student.

So for now, I'm just going to enjoy every moment, and knowing me, most likely take a million pictures to remember them by, because memories are priceless and you can bet that I'll be trying my very best to preserve them!

What about you? Do you think time is flying by too fast, or not fast enough?

-Hope

getting back in the groove

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cre-a-tiv-i-ty

noun

1. the state or quality of being creative.

2. the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, or interpretations.

Creativity. We all know the feeling, right? Whether it's capturing the perfect shot, baking the perfect cookie, or designing the perfect blog, at one point in our lives I'm sure we've each felt that "this is it" moment. But what happens when it's gone? When it's buried deep into the ground, just out of reach. What do you do then?

If you're anything like me, you'll feel a mixture of emotions ranging from frustration, to sadness, to annoyance, to down-right pain.

I'm telling the truth when I say that these past few weeks have been painful for me - not physically, but mentally.

A range of thoughts were floating through my head at all times, and for awhile there I even thought that photography was just another one of my crazy phases. You can bet that the thought of it nearly brought me to tears, but thankfully I snapped out of it pretty quickly. I mean, how can it be when my eyes are practically a view-finder?!

I think my project 365 rubbed me the wrong way, because normally when I was in a rut I would just take a break and wait for it to come to me, but doing that would kind of defeat the whole purpose of a 365 wouldn't it?

Well call me a rule-breaker because that's exactly what I did - I took a break. At one point I was actually debating whether or not to end my 365 altogether, but eventually decided against it because of how far I've come. Instead, I decided to take a break, which, to be honest worked out pretty well for me. After not feeling it for 3 whole days, I suddenly just had to take a picture!

I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm slowly but surely getting back in the groove, slowly but surely finding my creativity, and slowly but surely starting to fall in love with photography all over again.

So my advice? If you feel like you need a break, take it. Whether it takes five days or five months, if you're truly passionate about photography it will come back to you - I promise!

Publish Post

-Hope

at last, a post!

I haven't written a "proper" post in over 3 weeks -partly because I'm lazy, but mostly because of my lack of creativity- and I don't know about you guys, bu I think it's about time I gave this whole blogging thing another shot, so here I am.

We've got a lot of back-tracking to do, and I'm a little tired, so please try your best to stay with me! ;)

Friday, September 30th 

Was it really that long ago?

I mentioned here that me and a friend were going downtown after school so I could get some cool shots of the city, so downtown we went!

She was a good sport and listened to me when I instructed her to stand against "the pretty brick wall"! ;)

We went into a couple shops every so often to warm up a little, and now that I think about it, the majority of them were bookstores!

We also ventured into the library. 

Guess what section I wandered off to?

And guess which books I found? ;)

Not too long after our library adventure, we got picked up and dropped off at my grandma's house where we made some delicious homemade pizza!

Saturday, October 1st

Saturday morning we made some delicious apple-cinnamon pancakes (recipe?) then went to the mall to buy some shoes for the wedding I was attending that afternoon. We dropped Maggie off at her house, then went home to start getting ready.

The wedding was awesome- my mom used to babysit the bride, and when she got a little older, the bride used to babysit me! :)

Sunday, October 2nd - Sunday, October 9th

School, homework, school, homework, school, homework, oh yeah and some more school and homework.

Which leads us to today. Yes, I'm still in a rut, and yes, I did go against several peoples advice and am taking a break from my 365, which means I haven't picked up my camera since Friday, which also means that I have no new pictures to share! We'll see how long this lasts, but I'm betting it won't be too long! :) 

What have you guys been up to? 

-Hope

still un-inspired

Guys, I am SO utterly and completely un-inspired that I could cry. I feel as if my passion has slipped through my fingers and that taking pictures has become more of a task than just for enjoyment. I need serious help, and I'm hoping I'll get it from you! So PLEASE, someone inspire me!