week in the life... Tuesday

I photographed more on Tuesday compared to Monday. I went running but that photo didn't make it to the final selection. I photographed one of my favourite Oxford building, but that also stayed out, I wanted the layout to be all about little snippets of my life. I learned something this Tuesday regarding my style for week in the life - I have an impressionistic approach to documenting; while I love writing, I don't particularly enjoy long texts of journaling. I'm ok with that. When I look back on this project, I'm sure I'll get as much out of my approach to it as I will from the photos and little bit of journaling. 

on photography

I want to reconnect with my camera. I want to experiment again, be creative, open my eyes to what's there. The photo above was taken when I did Jackie Rueda's course L'Atelier, which I would very much recommend if you speak Spanish. I met a lovely group of people on the course, we're still in touch and their photography and enthusiasm still motivates me to pick up my good old Nikon and make it shine. That's when I truly love the internet.

As I go through my week in the life, I realise things are a bit rusty here. This project has been amazing to me just for that! I want to photograph more, not as a photographer but as a documenter of life, my life and what goes on in it, with a creative flare.

Do you ever feel you're not making the time for the things you want to do?

a week in the life... Monday

Monday is done. I took less photos than I hoped for and of those few, I only liked two. I'm happy with the small (very small!) selection though. Although the "rules" say one should focus on documenting during the week and putting the pages together later, I didn't. I wanted to know what this project looked like in my head and the best way to see it would be to do it. So I did. I'm so glad I did and I'm so very happy with the white space and the overall simplicity of the layout. The big news of yesterday - we have a moving in date, at last!

Are you doing week in the life? Do you have any idea of what your final pages or collection of photos will look like together? I'm enjoying seeing the different approaches around the web.

a week in the life... of Joey

Having thought about it for a while, I decided this morning to embark on the little adventure of documenting a week in my life more thoroughly. This week, to be precise. A week in the life is all about capturing the every day - my kind of thing - in a detailed way; it was created by Ali Edwards and you can read more about it here. At the moment, a lot is changing around here and it will be good to have a small record of how things used to be.  

My aim is to keep it simple. I will have photos and a bit of journalling. All of it will be part of my Project Life album. As I only decided this morning that I'd be doing this, I don't really have a plan and I'm ok with that. I just want to take photos, write a little bit about my days this week and enjoy the journey.

Let the documenting begin :)

Nós por cá, todos bem

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Nós por cá todos bem is a randomly scheduled feature for when images describe what's happening around here so much better than words could. You can read the first post here.

a little bit of Porto II - window life

September goals

The second half of the year really starts in September for me. Too many years of formal education can have this effect on people. It’s good to see it as a second start with a close-to-reach end. September is also just that month sandwiched between my two favourite months, August and October. It’s when my beloved summer goes and the beautifully coloured Autumn arrives, but not fully; however nostalgic I may be for the end of summer (or August, more specifically!), I am determined to enjoy this no man land of a month.

In January I embraced change. In February I created change. In March I somewhat learned to deal with change. In April I accepted change. In May I (let myself) enjoy change. In June, I settled in the change. In July, I ignored change. In August, I lived with change. In September I would like to make it through change.

:: keep calm.
:: run 15k.

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You can read all my monthly goals posts here and my change :: one little word posts here.