Cha-Cha-Cha-CHANGES! A Course Correction....and Week 1 of Area 52.

As you may have noticed, I haven't updated the blog/Project 365 in quite a while.  First, I got a little sick.  Then I was VERY mildly injured.  Then...various Life issues simply got in the way.  Then...sick a-gain.  Also, my work schedule is so varied, it's difficult to maintain a photographic routine...not that "routine" is necessary, but Time is an issue. Taking an hour or so to go out and photograph every single day the way I want to do it seemed alternatively unwise, uncomfortable, and/or selfish.  Project 365 became less about pushing myself and my limits and more about just filling a void with just any ol' thing.  In just a little over a month...it became a chore, some days.  I was defeating my own purpose.

When I was significantly younger and more single, such an undertaking would have been more logistically feasible.  I still have no problem driving for hours to find a spot only to wait for the shot(s) and shoot for as long as it took, but when one gets to a certain age and level of responsibility...well, such pursuits have to be prioritized.  If I could just have my way just this once, I would be able to do literally nothing but scout/shoot/repeat as a way to make a living.  Alas....

So...re-vamping & re-dedication: The main thrust for Of D&D will be shifted from a photo/series per day to a photo/series per week.  I think I'll call it Area 52, but that's a working title.  Since I am who I am, I reserve the right to change that...and whatever else I damn well please.  So there...and stuff.  The purpose remains the same, but the means to get there has gently shifted.

Despite the weather, illness, and other issues, I have been shooting regularly, some with Betty (don't judge) and some with my cell phone camera, using the Retro Camera app (see earlier posts).  UNFORTUNATELY, I seem to have also mismanaged to get the photos I've been taking over the last several weeks jumbled into a disorganized mess.  Consider the following submissions to be a preview of what's to come:

First Snowstorm: Beginning

Playing With Light

This is a Test

 The last two shots are from an old, long-abandoned Shell Oil storage yard, both taken with my cell phone camera.  I revisit them with Betty (don't judge) later, but dig how these turned out.






 

This is Only a Test