Hello friends. I guess I have been a bit incognito for the past few weeks. Ok, just checking the date of my last post weeks should be months. April 26th was the last time I posted.
True be told, I was in a bit of a slump the last little while. I had a bit of a block creatively and mentally. I just didn't feel like writing or even working on photographs. I was using the excuse of being too busy, but really that was all it was, an excuse. I had started feeling sorry for myself and that was just stupid.
Ok, life isn't perfect, but really is anyone's? You have to make due with what you have. Not worry about what you don't or can't have.
This weekend has been a bit of a catharthis for my blocks. Mentally and creatively.
On Thursday night, I purchased a new lens. (A Sigma 70-300 Macro for those of you who care). I am not a big one for spending my way out of my slumps, but a little bit of Retail Therapy was helpful. :D
On Friday, Raj and I headed down to
Colonel Samuel Smith Park to play with the lens and get a feel for it. This park is really nice. Down on the lakefront on a man made land fill pennisula that on one side you can look back towards Mississauga and the other way looking to Toronto. It also has a 3.8 ha wetland with tons of wild life. This is definitely a gem of a park that I will be visiting again earlier in the day so that we have more light. Come to think of it sunrise shots would be very good from this location. If only I could get my ass out of bed early enough :)
Saturday was a very good day. While Sarah was with my parents at Dad's work picnic, I headed down to the Island to meet up with some people from the
Toronto Photography Meet-up Group (TPMG) to photograph the Dragon Boat Races. Raj and I meet up with Robert, Melissa, and Sarah. We also met some others, Osei, Sue and Ken, but we all kind of hung out in small groups. We started at the Races and watched a couple heats. Got so good pictures. But there is only so many pictures of Dragon Boats that one can take before it gets a bit repetative. We ended up exploring the island a bit. We discovered the Gilbralter Point Lighthouse and the Pier on the south side of the island.
Generally, it was a very good day. I met so great people, who we all hit it off together pretty good and had a very enjoyable day in the sun. Check out my
flickr site and you will find many pictures from the day. Depending on when you read this, there is either more to come or there they are :)
Sunday was fun too. I took Sarah to
Andrew's Scenic Acres to pick some Strawberries. Strawberries are so yummy when they are local fruit :D Watch flickr because I will eventually post some pictures from today.
Anyways, I have a few projects in mind that I have been procrastinating on, so hopefully this week I will get around to starting the initial stages of these projects. Stay tuned for details as they develop :)
Talk to you all soon. I promise I would be so lapse on this again. :(
