Some of my friends use Photoshop to make collages with the photos they've taken. I always like the way it looks to see the photos set up like that so I figured I'd give it a try myself. I used photos from a wedding I shot in May. Here's the finished result:

The last couple weeks have been extremely busy for me but this past week in particular has been super fun. The amount of stuff I've been getting done with Rosie getting ready for the big move too our new home is amazing. We wouldn't of been able to do it with the help of some of our faithful friends either. There's still a bit to do and we move in two days! Yikes. So I've been managing that and working on my final assignment that's due tomorrow. My life is crazy right now but in a super good way.

I've also managed to get in some photography throughout the week. I went with my sister-in-laws to watch her ride her amazing horse named Sam, and today I went with my sister and her boyfriend Darryl and took some shots of them together. Both were tons of fun. Here's a shot I managed to get of Sam:

Have a great week my faithful few readers ;).

Ok.. I think I'm going about this the wrong way. I'm thinking too much when I just need to let my inhibitions go and write, or something else creative! After all, it's thinking that a causes me to hold back.

Although, I have definitely been busy lately. I'm currently in my last week of the semester (that's three years down!), as well as in the process of moving out of my apartment into an awesome little place that's going to make for a rad summer. With all that goin' on it makes it hard to get out and do things that I really enjoy. However, I have been able to use this little friend of mine lately:

I'm amazed at how much fun I'm having using this thing. I use it more than I use my DSLR because I can throw it into my backpack and take it to school with me and take shots wherever I go. I just finished a role of B&W's so I'm excited to see how they turn out. Hopefully I'll get to post some of them on here and give you a taste of what this old guy has to offer!

Two loves of my life: my lazy-boy and skateboards. Obviously my boards haven't been getting much use lately. Although, the weather has been amazing and I am beginning to wonder if I'll be riding within the next little while - An exciting thought! My lazy-boy, one of my most prized possessions, has faithfully seen me through many books and reading assignments and of course, naps.

Why do it?

About a year back I was in a really small class where he had to do lots of readings which we would discuss in class. For one of the assignments we had to find 3 random blogs that we found really interesting and present them to the class. One of the questions that we talked about is "why do people blog?" There's obviously no one single answer but the majority of the people in the class had a pretty negative outlook towards bloggers, saying that it was just a way for people to share their issues with everybody, as if their problems are so important. Although I had never had a blog I was a little frustrated with the generalizations and it was also no surprise that none of them had ever had one either. As far as I am concerned someone could have a blog for no reason whatsoever, and that's completely fine. However, for myself personally I usually need some sort of reason or purpose for what I do.

So why am I blogging? It is more of a challenge I have given myself than anything. I have so many close friends that are super creative people and so often I find myself wishing I could be more creative. Their lives seem so uninhibited by fear of what people think of them when they're doin' their thing. I'm frustrated with the things that hold me back from being a more creative person. Putting something that I have made out there for people to see makes me pretty uncomfortable and this is my attempt to face my nemesis. So if you feel like following along, great! My hope is that we'll both benefit from what this becomes. I'm not really sure what that is but that's what the journey is all about. I'm embarking into foreign territory!