Springtime of my life.

Thankfully it's only been 107 days since my last blip. In that time, many photos have been taken and cameras have been acquired. Specifically, a Canon A1, meaning I've been doing my best to take a number of film photographs. I also recently discovered the beauty of Hoyt Arboretum, home to over 1000 species of trees and plants and generally a mecca for delicious photographs. I've been going up on almost every sunny day, which is more rare this time of year in Oregon than is ideal. The first time I went I had a roll of Fuji's Pro 400H in my camera, and loaded it so improperly that the roll never advanced and I took 36 ghost photos instead of actually making any one real photo. So my motivation for returning has been somewhat motivated by my desire to reclaim what I failed to capture the first time. I've also been attending weekly business classes through Mercy Corps to start on the road to becoming a professional photographer. Which is to say that I want to be paid occasionally to take photographs. I enjoy it so much that I just know that making money at it wouldn't ruin it for me. I hope to not become flippant about my passion, but pursuing this seems extremely logical. It doesn't hurt that Mercy Corps has a matched savings account that will allow me to invest in a better camera and a few good lenses to help jump-start my adventure. But in the meantime, I practice and learn. And blip.