
#30DayPhotoProject
#AFrameADay

I give myself permission to just make for the sake of making without any thought to the outcome, which can be surprisingly hard. … What I would tell my younger self is this: There is no ‘right’ way to make art. The only wrong is in not trying, not doing. Don’t put barriers up that aren’t there — just get to work and make something.
Lisa Golightly

I just love inspirational quotes.
The one shared here speaks to how I am feeling at the moment, more so now than ever as I have been still been experiencing some sort of creative rut, but I am taking it as my body just letting me rest/reset for what is to come.
I am choosing to use the #30DayPhotoProject as my excuse to snap out of it and here we are kick-starting the 2023 edition.
I have said it before and I say it again, I started this project as a way to keep myself in the creative bubble. Even when I do not feel like creating or sharing any of my work, I would like for the #30DayProject to continue to be the push I need to keep me motivated. However, there are moments I have found myself wanting to stop the project all together. Will 2023 be the last one?
Anyway, enough rumbling from me.
For the April 2023 edition, I still have rolls of film that I am yet to develop, scan, edit and share with you. What better way to start with what I know best than sharing with you a roll of film images?
With this film roll, I happen to attend a workshop in Photofusion late last year and another early this year. The first was to develop a roll of black and white film and the other was to print in the dark room. Unlike previous film rolls where I had forgotten what images I took, I happen to know some of the images in this one.
As always, if any of the images look decent enough, I will be adding them to my PRINT SHOP later this year.
The Rules
If you are reading this post, here are your rules.
As always, if you are new here, please look at the BLOG POST ARCHIVES and then select the months with 30 days to check out the photographs/projects I shared during those months since 2020.
Will you be following up to see what photographs I will be sharing this time around? Leave a comment to let me know and/or subscribe to my blog so you don’t miss when I post – every day at 12pm BST.
#30DayPhotoProject
#AFrameADay
If you have reached here, thank you for reading my blog post.
Drinking loads of tea with ginger cookies make it happen and your support is always welcome.
Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognise when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.
Henry Cloud

This intro is late, but I don’t think you actually noticed, right?
I have been really debating on whether to keep going with this project, as mentioned in the intro of my previous edition. Deep down, I know I need to keep going as it will be good for me and my creativity.
And this brings me back to why this intro is late.
I actually did not know what to share with you in this final edition of 2022. I even enlisted the help of my children to come up with ideas until I remembered this tweet shared by Ilford Photo.

The whole idea of photographing autumn on film sounded like an awesome challenge. However, I do not have film nor the time to make this happen within hours. So, I decided to use my digital camera instead and the only change I made was in the settings, making it take only monochrome photos.
And with this, I had an idea and I went with it. I even decided to give this month’s edition a name:
AUTUMN COLOURS
Imagine looking through the viewfinder of your camera and you see the images in colour, but when you take the photograph and look back on your camera screen, it is in monochrome. And this proved to be a very interesting way of seeing the world and documenting it for this project.
As November is the last month of Autumn, the tweet shared above and the fact I have never made any seasonal work as much just seemed right for this project. And with any project, looking for different ways of seeing is how I came up with the name. Also, this is the first time I have actually named any of my 30 day photo projects.
So for this final 30 Day Photo Project of 2022, I will be sharing with you some autumnal photos in monochrome.
The Rules
If you are reading this post, here are your rules.
As always, if you are new here, please look at the BLOG POST ARCHIVES and then select the months with 30 days to check out the photographs/projects I shared during those months since 2020.
Will you be following up to see what photographs I will be sharing this time around? Leave a comment to let me know and/or subscribe to my blog so you don’t miss when I post – every day at 4pm GMT.
#30DayPhotoProject
#APhotoADay
If you have reached here, thank you for reading my blog post.
Drinking loads of tea/coffee make it happen and your support is always welcome.