Important Things

Taking breaks are important things.  Like taking a photo break with my tea.  

I'm trying to take more pictures of some of the everyday things in my life, as well as the extraordinary.  I have not formed the habit, so the hard part for me is thinking to do it.   I grew up associating  photos with portraits, events, and tourist attractions.  Occasionally they were necessary for classwork, but I never thought of them as a means of recording the everyday things of my life.

Now I want to change that.  Not for any particular reason.  Not because I want to include my own photos in collage or in journals, although I probably will.  In fact, I'm already working on a journal page using another version of this photo.  But I do want to photograph more things more often, just for their own sake.  I'm a firm believer that "just because" is a valid reason.  And valid reasons are important things.

Thinking to snap a pic is so easy for lots of you.  But it's foreign territory for me.  Perhaps I should design a photograpy passport for myself to wear on a lanyard around my neck.  As permission to enter this foreign territory.  Maybe that will help me remember to frame and snap.  What do you think?

Comments

[Rita Ackerman]

love your passport idea. Sometimes these are the most interesting photos because we can relate to them.

[joanne thieme huffman]

I'm taking more photos now that I keep a camera in my purse.