Where I've Been

I feel as though, in order to document where I'm going and what I'm doing, I need to briefly touch base with where I've been in the last year.

This is the last year of my life in 150 words and five pictures. Some events are big, some are small. They are in no real order.

I started college. I was Audrey Hepburn. I was a skunk. I was in love. I went to Canada. I moved into my first apartment. I saw my favorite band live. I saw Bob Dylan live. I repainted a coffee table. I fell into Afram Studies. I fell out of love. I had five first dates in a matter of months. I baked one cake. I baked many cakes. I wrote a 15 page research paper. I took midterms. I took finals. I took a trip to the Oregon Coast. I worked at a library. I worked at an office. I cut all of my hair off. I learned to love in the purest sense. I redecorated. I explored a familiar city. I grew. I am still growing.

Conan O'Brien road trip to Spokane (because Seattle sold out).

 Cannon Beach.

Moving into my first apartment.

Starting college @ UW.

Receiving a much needed postcard from a loved one.

Where have you been in 150 words?

An Introduction of Sorts

Roughly one year ago I started a blog. I was about to embark on a new journey – college, life, moving out – and I wanted to document it. I wrote about self image (mine), fashion, the weather. All in about three posts. I took zero photographs, I lost interest, I stopped.

When my summer started this year, I looked back at my first year of college and had little to show for it in terms of tangible photographic memories, personal growth, and snippets of what I was thinking. Sure, I had papers, grades, new friends I could count on facebook, but I was left feeling disappointed in how little I'd documented all the fun and experience I had. I felt a creative blockage, and I felt uninspired.

A Life in Images is my project to change that. It is a 365 photo documentation of my life, the lives of others, and bits of inspiration we can all enjoy. I hope to capture every day in photos, muss about life, creatively express, and both motivate myself and others.

I'd like you to be a part of it.

I begin my photographic journey Wednesday, September 29th. It is the first day of school, and the best time for new beginnings.