Comments on: 24/31 July Challenge

By: Geetha Slock

Geetha Slock — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:02:14 +0000

I read your two latest blogposts right now, so I’m gonna try and sorten all my thoughts swirling and share them with you in a decent way. But I am so happy to see you venture out and exploring and trying new things, because it gives me hope. Around here, it’s kinda hard to do anything that is slightly outside of the box. When you like photography, you have to be able to do all kinds of photography extremely well and only have a passion for photography. I’ve dealt with certain comments and thoughts for so long and felt like a failure when suddenly I was more interested in doing something else for a while. I love to write also, short stories mainly though I too have been working on a novel (for a few years) that might never see the light of day but still keeps my mind occupied, simply because I love to write. I have a deeprooted passion for music, so sometimes I play drums. Sometimes I devour books. I also love discovering new things and sharing and one day I hope to teach and inspire. These days, it’s all been about finding balance and trying to do more than one thing but if that doesn’t work out, the most important thing is that I do what I love. If in the next few months I want to finish my novel, then that’s what I’ll do, no matter how much people will tell me that I will never become a decent photographer if I don’t do it all the time. And if anyone nowadays tells me my time is better spent doing ‘productive’ things, I will give them a big fat smile, because going out to take pictures and editing and being in my head dreaming makes me so happy so I’d rather be unproductive hah!

Thank you so much for inspiring me every day, for sharing thoughts I can relate too, for giving me courage.

Big hug! (cause I’m feeling extremely happy today lol)

Geetha

By: brookeshaden

brookeshaden — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:20:54 +0000

In reply to Giulia.

Hi Giulia!

That is a great question. I don’t have anyone around me physically who cares about the challenge particularly, and some who think my time is better spent elsewhere, so I don’t rely on that for inspiration or motivation for sure. Part of being able to do it everyday is to constantly remind myself that life is sweeter in motion – that when I get up and go on an adventure my whole day is brighter and more meaningful. I am also extremely dedicated to challenges I set for myself by nature. And, I love sharing here, it makes me feel like I’ve got friends who care what I’m producing.

XO!
Brooke

By: brookeshaden

brookeshaden — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:18:52 +0000

In reply to Kori Rathbun. Well said, it really does give life balance. By the time the storms are over I'll be happy for sun again. Thank you for being so kind, I appreciate it immensely.

By: Giulia

Giulia — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:23:15 +0000

A question: how can you find motivation for create everyday? I’m creating as well a picture a day for a contest, but I found that too late and the deadline is nearer then I was expecting. I started like a missile, I was shooting and editing every single day, but then motivation gone and (or because?) so the support from my fiancé (because,in his opinion, photography is not my work so I shouldn’t waste my time this way)…I feel so frustrated right now, I feel I should let everything go and try again the next year, maybe…how can you do that? Do you have support from people near you or you can do that just for yourself? 🙁

By: Kori Rathbun

Kori Rathbun — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 02:01:07 +0000

Sometimes we all could use a moody weather sort of day…it gives life a little balance…That said, this has got to be one of my favorite images of yours…not only from this July project but of all your work I’ve seen. Intensely magical and mysterious. The muted colors and texture in the fog are superb. The posing and the effect of almost bursting into dust are perfection. Your art (and passion) inspires my creativity regularly. 🙂

By: brookeshaden

brookeshaden — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:04:11 +0000

In reply to Kenneth Vogelsberg. Thank you, Kenneth!

By: brookeshaden

brookeshaden — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:04:03 +0000

In reply to Caz Harris.

It was hard to restrain myself from making every shot a reverse hair flip 😀
Pea soupers, that was great! I already love the visual of that shoot in the fog on the road. Mmmm 🙂

By: Kenneth Vogelsberg

Kenneth Vogelsberg — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:30:46 +0000

Love your work and your words!! Thank you for sharing!!

By: Gallagher Green (Fit BMX)

Gallagher Green (Fit BMX) — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:23:22 +0000

In reply to brookeshaden. I film with my Canon T3i, but it is starting to get old now. But did get a Yi 4K action camera, it is a fraction of the price of a GoPro and is just as good. Originally I had gotten a GoPro 5 Black, but two of them in a row had problems that I could fix, so I exchanged for a Yi 4K. And it films at up to 240fps!!!

By: Caz Harris

Caz Harris — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:45:02 +0000

The reverse hair flicking sections of the video are delightfully creepy 🙂

Thanks for the look into your decision making process when the weather didn’t quite match your plans. A fruitful day, and you can do tat shoot another time. So it’s all good.

We get fabulous fog where I live, real pea soupers sometimes. Did a creepy shoot a while back with hubby as my model standing in the middle of the road while no traffic was passing lol that was a bit scary lol

I’m a bit rough with my jit too, no point wrapping it up in cotton wool it’s a tool. A towel is handy mind but I always seem to forget one 🙂