Quite a bit of time has passed since I last posted, which surprises me because in the thick of the winter festivities, I was throwing up all kinds of posts with a steady regularity.
I think I’ve got the winter doldrums. I’ve lost my groove, can’t find my mojo, forgotten how to get to my happy place. I’ve just been feeling out of sorts lately. If I were a child, it would be classified as cranky. Too bad I’ve got no one to hand me a snack trap of my favorite snacks and then put me down for a nap.
Part of me thinks this funk-tastic attitude may have to do with my New Year’s Resolution. It takes work to be nice to yourself! You’ve got to stop the negative self-talk, stop the self-deprecation and re-direct your behaviors. It so much easier to correct someone else! Believe me, I’m a pro at that, just ask Mo and Co.
I’m trying to spend less time on the computer and more time being engaged in activities I like and people I enjoy. I took this phenomenal photography workshop through Virginia Photo Safari earlier in the month. While I’m not quite ready to hang out my shingle as a portrait artist, I have a better understanding how my camera works and how I can get the shots that I want, when I want them. It is going to involve springing for a new lens, but in the interim, I like being able to truly “get” what those buttons and knobs on the camera do. I’ve got two willing subjects in Mo and Co, which means practicing the techniques is a great week-end activity. I gave the girls their flashlights, I slowed the shutter speed, and I turned out the lights.