It's official - 2006 is here! I've never been one to fully subscribe to the whole New Year thing. Obviously there are things like needing a new calendar and remembering to write a new year when making out cheques that are essential but as far as life altering changes coming about by the clock hitting 12 on one day of the year....well, I just don't buy it. I do believe that we need to constantly be reevaluating things in our lives, be aware of our intentions, try new things and stick with old things that are working well for us. If it takes ringing in a New Year to assess these, so be it but if we can do it all year long, at any time of the day, so much the better!
One thing the New Year does do for me is take me back into a reflection of the last year and I was excited when I actually thought of all the new things I had done photographically. I forayed into new areas like shooting expired film and cross-processing. I held onto things that I love like black and white film, especially. I began to carry my camera with me EVERYWHERE I go and have learned that incredible photo ops are all around us and often come about in times where we wouldn't normally think to have our camera along.
However, as with most things people are passionate about, there are still so many things that I want to try. Whether I'll accomplish all of them in 2006 is questionable but if I get even a few of them conquered it will prove a productive year photographically. Feel free to adopt any of these as your own if you're looking for new things to shoot this year.
Here's my list:
1. Read the manual for my canon 20D from cover to cover (again) and be completely comfortable using every single one of the many MANY buttons and functions it has.
2. Shoot in RAW instead of jpeg.
3. Learn to shoot infrared film.
4. Shoot more conceptual photography.
5. Attend a few photographic workshops and the photographic society in my area.
6. Submit more of my photos for publication and enter them into some reputable competitions.
7. Dive into the world of lomography now that I have my new (old) lc-a.
8. Revisit some of my favourite locations and shoot them from a new angle or perspective.
9. Keep my photos organized perfectly (suggestions gladly taken) and make backups of older shots.
10. Shoot every day!
Chances are you'll be hearing from me on these things throughout the year! If there are other things you've done that you would recommend or things you are interested in trying in the year to come, feel free to let me know. I'm happy to dive into these together!
Here's to a happy snapping 2006!
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