I admit to being highly disappointed in myself for not photographing. I can blame it on a million things from having no time, not being inspired or anything like that. I even promised to castrate myself if I didn’t scan in the 7 sets of photos I have from the end of last summer. That was 2 months ago when I made that promise.
I launched my iPhoto (I have libraries for each year) and it was a sad and unusual image to see no sets of photos and I’ve lived out 4 months of this year. Normally my library is packed with images in the fourth month. From the film photography to digital photography, I have nothing. No art. No documenting of my life. It’s sad.
I purchased a Canon Rebel XT just a year ago and I’ve made great use out of it. I still do. But it’s huge. I bought it primarily for product shots for my designs. I feel discourage to lug it around when I go out. That brick of a camera is especially bulky when I always carry around my iPod, cell phone, pens, my journal, and my Olympus XA and in some cases my Nintendo DS, every time I leave the house or travel.
I remedied this; I purchased a Canon SD1000 for an awesome price. I can’t wait to get back into documenting my life, even if it’s digital. When I get back into the loop of seeing daylight, I will knock the hell out of using my film cameras. But documenting simple occasions from a night out with my friends or just the impulse of wanting to take pictures without lugging around a brick with a lens is awesome.
I do not, however, in any way mind lugging around my Nikon FE. I request to be buried with my Nikon FE, my Univers Swi55 poster, my strat, while wearing a pair of chucks that I wore to the 2004 Incubus concert. No lie.