The title of this post is a quote from Horace (Roman poet in a toga). I saw it today on Instagram and let me tell you this: Horace hits the nail squarely on the head.
With the school year winding down and end-of-year activities winding up (school plays, field trips, recitals, baseball season, the list goes on and you know it all too well, I'm sure), I'm finding it harder and harder to string two sentences together with a pencil, pen, or keyboard.
But I'm still clicking away with my iPhone and camera, telling stories with pictures. Meditating behind my lenses. Finding pockets of peace while creating still lifes.
I'm also gearing up to teach a brand-new online photography course in June called "Beyond Auto Mode: How to Really Work Your DSLR Camera." Enrollment is open NOW. If you think you're too busy to pick up a camera, let alone participate in a course, let me just say these three words to you: Photography is therapeutic. I would be such a raving mess without it. Truly. I need the built-in isolation time of life behind a lens, steadying the dizzy world before my eyes, freezing the action.
See the dock photo above? I posted it along with three other choices on my Facebook and Instagram pages, asking friends to vote for the image they wanted me to use for this course. The dock shot was the resounding winner. Seems like everybody is craving some relaxation time lately, because that Adirondack chair was calling out VERY loudly to a lot of people!
So if you want to learn how to use your DSLR camera, sign up here. If you just need some dedicated time for yourself to chill out and quietly take the world in, sign up here. Either way, join me in June. It's going to be fun, as always, to meet you "in class."
Okay, off to "write more poems" with my camera.
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