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12 years ago
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So Fall is coming to an early end. Today was the last tolerable night of the season unless by some strange luck we get an Indian Summer in November *sigh* I guess high 40's is not unusual weather for us in Late October, but it still sucks.
Got my last likely night of fly fishing in tonight, and actually caught some sunfish. I choose a small pond that is well stocked by the city in Jordan, MN where one shallow corner of the pond stays a little warmer then the rest of it, so its known to be a spot where a lot of the fish congregate right before the lake starts to turn over and prepares to freeze. Fly rods retired for all likelyhood along with the boat and all other open water gear... it was far too short of a season for fishing.
Looking back, as unstable as this Spring/Summer and Fall were which messed up my time on the water and opportunities to fish... I got a lot more photography in. A lot of small town street photography; and a lot of Nature photography. Both of which are among my favorite subjects to shoot. I also got a lot more fursuit photography in - that part is pretty obvious if you look at my second flickr account. ALL of those photos were taken in 2013; and I have at least 2 major events still to go before the end of the year and one in my Que to start editing as soon as I'm done editing pictures of questionably legal girls... (I was a con photographer at an Anime con last weekend. Enough said?)
This was the year I spent a lot more time blossoming my photography. I upgraded all three of my cameras (My SLR, my Point and Shoot and my Micro 4/3rds or "inbetween" camera) and have gotten to the point where I am happy with the consistency of my results from all three.
My studio work still needs a little practice... oh yeah I bought new strobes this year and uh... 7 lenses? Good god... I don't even want to THINK of how much money I dumped into photography gear this year >.>. Needless to say I am now complete with the lenses and cameras to keep the hobby going for a LONG time.
I also spent a lot of time volunteering for
mnfurs for both Event support and to some extent as an Event photographer too.
The next step is deciding what I want to do going forward for the winter and year ahead. Whether I want to try to dive deeper in MNFurs or start up my own Photography studio as a side business or both, and watch ALL my free time disappear.
I hate winter. For me, the end of my year in is coming up; the end of November which is MFF. That and a trip to Vegas following. Those are the LAST things I have to look forward to until late MARCH.
Winter is the void where it would be AWESOME to have a portrait Studio to play around or even hang out with close friends in. It would be like moving out of the house... but without having to worry about little things I just don't have time for and take for granted like shopping for food or doing Laundry.
I need to decide if I'm willing to sacrifice a lot of my very limited free time during the summer. Same would go for moving out I suppose. I've been living a lazy lethargic life outside of having fun and the 40 hours a week that I slave drive at work. Maybe doing something with that extra money and investing it in SOMETHING would be the next step in life.
Fall changing into winter may be a reminder that I should be moving forward; and I'm really not. I like my job well enough... but having a place to escape to would be nice. I'm stagnant. And a little lazy. I come home often tired and unmotivated until I hang out with friends. I need to go on a Diet and learn to live healthier.
I don't mind living at home otherwise as lets face it, moving out would mean selling the boat and making a lot of other sacrifices. (I wouldn't have a truck to pull it or likely a place to store it..)
But having some incentive to do something other then Work, go home and play games, and get out of the house as much as I can to be social... It's not a bad life... at all. I'm not complaining but...
Outside of work, am I slacking off in my responsibilities in society as someone in their 30's by living like they are a college freshman?
Got my last likely night of fly fishing in tonight, and actually caught some sunfish. I choose a small pond that is well stocked by the city in Jordan, MN where one shallow corner of the pond stays a little warmer then the rest of it, so its known to be a spot where a lot of the fish congregate right before the lake starts to turn over and prepares to freeze. Fly rods retired for all likelyhood along with the boat and all other open water gear... it was far too short of a season for fishing.
Looking back, as unstable as this Spring/Summer and Fall were which messed up my time on the water and opportunities to fish... I got a lot more photography in. A lot of small town street photography; and a lot of Nature photography. Both of which are among my favorite subjects to shoot. I also got a lot more fursuit photography in - that part is pretty obvious if you look at my second flickr account. ALL of those photos were taken in 2013; and I have at least 2 major events still to go before the end of the year and one in my Que to start editing as soon as I'm done editing pictures of questionably legal girls... (I was a con photographer at an Anime con last weekend. Enough said?)
This was the year I spent a lot more time blossoming my photography. I upgraded all three of my cameras (My SLR, my Point and Shoot and my Micro 4/3rds or "inbetween" camera) and have gotten to the point where I am happy with the consistency of my results from all three.
My studio work still needs a little practice... oh yeah I bought new strobes this year and uh... 7 lenses? Good god... I don't even want to THINK of how much money I dumped into photography gear this year >.>. Needless to say I am now complete with the lenses and cameras to keep the hobby going for a LONG time.
I also spent a lot of time volunteering for
mnfurs for both Event support and to some extent as an Event photographer too.The next step is deciding what I want to do going forward for the winter and year ahead. Whether I want to try to dive deeper in MNFurs or start up my own Photography studio as a side business or both, and watch ALL my free time disappear.
I hate winter. For me, the end of my year in is coming up; the end of November which is MFF. That and a trip to Vegas following. Those are the LAST things I have to look forward to until late MARCH.
Winter is the void where it would be AWESOME to have a portrait Studio to play around or even hang out with close friends in. It would be like moving out of the house... but without having to worry about little things I just don't have time for and take for granted like shopping for food or doing Laundry.
I need to decide if I'm willing to sacrifice a lot of my very limited free time during the summer. Same would go for moving out I suppose. I've been living a lazy lethargic life outside of having fun and the 40 hours a week that I slave drive at work. Maybe doing something with that extra money and investing it in SOMETHING would be the next step in life.
Fall changing into winter may be a reminder that I should be moving forward; and I'm really not. I like my job well enough... but having a place to escape to would be nice. I'm stagnant. And a little lazy. I come home often tired and unmotivated until I hang out with friends. I need to go on a Diet and learn to live healthier.
I don't mind living at home otherwise as lets face it, moving out would mean selling the boat and making a lot of other sacrifices. (I wouldn't have a truck to pull it or likely a place to store it..)
But having some incentive to do something other then Work, go home and play games, and get out of the house as much as I can to be social... It's not a bad life... at all. I'm not complaining but...
Outside of work, am I slacking off in my responsibilities in society as someone in their 30's by living like they are a college freshman?
Errr.. about society responsibilities - people want me to believe I am slacking off for not having babies.
I think you do a TON for the furries!