Day 258 / 623 – Carlsbad, CA

It’s been a trying few weeks of not shooting much, thanks to the broken ankle.  I’m still not very mobile, I can’t drive myself anywhere, and I don’t see much inspiring outside my window.

I’m going to have to start digging deeper into the archives to keep things going with 365, which is not in keeping with the spirit of the project.  It was initially started to help me get better at photography.  For the moment, it is about keeping something going, which has it’s merits, but isn’t the same.  Recently, I’ve put of photos I’m less than proud of so that 365 can continue.  I feel that it dilutes the output, taking away from the things I am happy with and excited to share with you.

It leads to the question, is this 365 what I want now?  Not exactly.  I feel like getting back to shooting daily might help, but what I really want is one day dedicated to shooting every week, and a few days of the week with just a little shooting.  While I miss the daily shooting, there were times it took too much of the day, too much focus from other things, and was consuming me.  I learned a lot about photography doing it, and started to find my voice (I don’t know that we ever ultimately find one true voice, and that is a good thing).  It helped me become a photographer, rather than a person that takes pictures.

For now, I will continue with 365.  I’m happy that I have done it this long, that I didn’t give up when things got tough.  Even though it was not ideal, I still posted after I broke my ankle and spent much of the day at the ER.

Thanks for continuing to come along for the ride.