HIDDEN BEAUTIES
After several months away from Instagram, and online activities, it seems like I've sorted out both my burn out, and my health issues. I'm not healed in any way, but it seems like the medication, and the choices I've made, have given me that much needed love and freedom for photography back.
It's hard to realize that you need to start thinking differently, behave differently, and even tell yourself that some few things aren't possible anymore. That has been my biggest struggle so far, and the main reason I disappeared.
I still love photography, I still love forest and woodland as I always have done, I just had to learn to love it with the restriction my health has given me. I'm not immobilized, just have to plan more, and take one step at a time.
I'm still out hiking, have been the whole time, but my reach has been shortened to about a third of what I could manage a year ago. Thats a limitation I've been struggling to acknowledge, but over time my I've adjusted, not willingly, but I've realized I had no choice if I wanted to go on with my normal live and work.
I guess my burn out most likely is a result of these limitations, and it's been hard to find the spirit to keep on getting out with my camera. Many of my old spots in the surrounding forest and woodland are now out of reach, and the ones I do reach, does get a bit "used up".
I wanted my Instagram to be all about forest and woodland, at least as much as possible, but I hope that some flower images can be accepted for a short while, at least until my stubbornness figure out a way to push the limits.
I’ve always liked flowers, so it’s nice to have a garden to turn to when the days isn’t right for walks into the forest and woodland. It’s a bit early for the flowers to show, but a few does start to stretch towards the sun just after the snow melt and the sun start to warm up the ground. Not many, but enough to see colors popping up.
I’m starting up Blogging again, and will be sharing my images and thoughts here, before i post them on my Instagram account. This is so those who have joined my newsletter will have the opportunity to see my images and read my thoughts before the rest. I don’t think my Blog will be amazing, or any kind og world new, but it will contain thoughts about photography, about daily struggle, idees and questions about compositions and prosessing.
I had some very bold plans for my newsletters, but as my drive slowly disappeared, those plans vanished. As for now, my goal is a monthly newsletter, and most likely a weekly blog.
“HIDDEN BEAUTIES”
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