i will be the first to announce to the room that i am an excessive picture taker. if anything remotely beautiful catches my eye, my phone is out and i'm snapping. later scrutiny will determine if a photograph makes it onto my instagram, and most of the time, i have to scroll through 25 photos of the same thing before settling on something that looks near identical to all the images before and after it. it was something that i felt strangely compelled to challenge when i first moved to new york in the fall of 2016. my aggressive love of taking photos of pretty things came full halt when i realized moments of no notoriety were not only being documented but scrutinized over. if a photo is worth a thousand words, the images i was capturing were maybe 3 words apiece and constructed of barely literate sentences. maybe a little harsh? you get the point.
i, annoyed at self, decided to purchase my first fujifilm disposable.
2 years later: i am happy to report that it is one of my favorite things to look back on! the shots i have taken and developed sit in a neat little stack in a special book and i page through them often. looking at the vibrant and muted colors transports me to moments: swimming pools, belly laughs, afternoon light, city parts that make me swoon. – it has become my most favorite "little life decision." the photos i've taken on these disposables (currently on my fourth, ever!). it has challenged my eye for beautiful things, and trained my eye to look for the thing i want to remember most.
swung by the drugstore today to pick up the camera i shot with in february and i am so thrilled with the shots and decided to include a few of them in a post because, well, why not?
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| speculator, ny | camp of the woods |
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| one of my most favorite spots. |
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| bread alone / rhinebeck, ny |
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| a side-walk bookstore, one of my favorite ny-scenes, always |
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| on campus, one of the first "real spring days" we had back in march. reading "clementine" by sonia purnell. both things equally as lifechanging. |
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| from my 12th floor haven, this is my view. |
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| on campus. one of those march days when the light is deceiving: you decide not to don the gloves and its a cursed affair. you get through. |
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| cabin-in-the-woods: post-quiche. slow-wake ups, and a brain rinsed of clumsy crowded thoughts. pure incandescent happiness. i mean it. |
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| in soho. on a walk with a dear-one to me. the colors are as bright as the day felt. |
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| east williamsburg. felt lonely this day, the type of pink of this building made me feel less so. |
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| cabin-in-the-woods, exterior. final parting shots before hopping back in the car to head to hustle and bustle. |
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| another shot of the favorite. the space always feels homey. |
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| structures i don't want to forget on a day i don't want to forget. |
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| camp-of-the-woods! again! snow was delicious this weekend (a phenomena for this sea-bird, sun baby) |
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| in bushwiiiiiick. eh coffee. cool atmosphere. |
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| a !! favorite !! scene!!! just didn't want to forget it. i mean LOOK at it ?? |
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in speculator, NY | road side structure.
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aren't they marvelous? i'm on shot 20/27 of my fourth camera and well...i'll keep ya posted.
