A lot of people told me in the past couple weeks that I don't blog enough. I would!! I just don't think I have enough to say/show for a blog post but apparently I'm wrong! Lol some of you don't care and want me to talk about anything, so if you guys are ok with that then I am too. It might be a whole lot of nothing but you're asking for it.
Some of my classmates and I agreed that during the summer we would take on a self portrait series challenge. To challenge us to be creative and challenge us to shoot during the "off season" shooting yourself is one of the hardest things in my opinion. So stay tuned throughout the summer for a few of those shots, should be interesting.
Also I've been thinking a lot lately about how much people change when they are growing older. It's weird, I can see maturity. It freaks me out because it means I'm not considered a kid anymore. Some of the people I grew up with and were close to have changed so much and became so mature and focused, as well as some others that are still stuck in a high school mentality. I'm not saying its wrong or right just a personal observation. I can see when I look at myself and choices that I've made in the past 2 years that it scares me how much things don't scare me. Does that make sense. I think too many people make excuses for why they can't become who they want to be, the lifestyle they live, money situations, education, where they come from. I think it's all bull. Or they don't genuinely want the lifestyle that they think they want or they would stop making excuses and make it happen. yolo
Okkkkkkkk anyways. What has caused me to write a whole lot of nothing is Martello Tower. A beautiful tower built for the war of 1812 as sort of a lookout for the harbour against the attackers. Still stands today on the lower west side. I spent my childhood growing up on the west side with my whole family within a few blocks of each other. My elementary school, middle school, community centre, grandmothers house, beach, friends house, everything within 2km. So Martello tower to me was a place we would go sliding on snow days and just something we passed by on the way to school, every, single, day. Come high school we moved across the west side to Greendale, for those of you who are familiar with Saint John, you get all this. So I would not surpass this tower as often. Then after graduating and after 2 years of college, I come to visit my grandmother and literally have to pull over when passing by this tower. It is BEAUTIFUL and so inspiring to me to take photographs. I love it. And I know because I personally did this, people in the area do not appreciate how gorgeous this thing is. I have been travelling so much lately and when I come back home I have a whole new perspective on how cool and unusual stuff that we see every day is, to other people.
SO. Another project series I will be taking on within the next little while is featuring Saint John gems in fashion shoots throughout the city. I want to put them into perspective, and I want to show people how cool this city is, with my own twist. So with using Martello Tower, the pulp and paper mill, the refinery and anything else I can think of I'm going to make some art. If you know of anything that you think would make a cool unusual place for photos, leave a comment. I am open to all suggestions because I think this is going to be awesome. Who knows maybe it will be published in some crazy magazine someday, so give input now!
So there you go. If you want more posts like this then keep checking back because I have so many thoughts and I'll tell whoever will listen;)
Xxx
These photos were taken yesterday in downtown Boston
