A lot of you may have noticed that I’ve been blogging less lately. Some of that is due to me being pretty busy at work but on the other hand, much of the reason why I’ve blogged in the past is to say what I’ve been up to. Facebook has sorta replaced blogging for that purpose—I’ll just update my Facebook status with what I’m currently thinking or doing. So if you’re not on Facebook and not a Facebook friend, you’re missing out.
My company is shipping me off to London for a few months to work on some new projects they have starting there. It will be nice to go back to London. It’s tough because we’ve only been in New York for a year now and I feel like we’re really starting to get settled and develop closer relationships with people but now we’re getting uprooted again. A co-worker from the NY office is already out there so I’m looking forward to hanging out with him. I know I’ll be slammed with work during the short period of time I’ll be out there, but the wife and I are hoping to make some trips to Dublin and Paris on the weekends.
My dilemma lately has been on whether I should bring my digital SLR or not. I’m definitely bringing our small point and shoot digital but I’ve come to hate lugging around my DSLR. After being so into photography for a few years, lately I’ve been wanting to take a step back… As in when I have my DSLR and I’m in “photographer” mode, I feel like I’m missing out on fully experiencing the actual moment. If photography is something that you strongly value, then yes, the act of capturing those moments in the best way possible is worth the cost of having to step outside of that moment to do it. I don’t think I actually care about capturing those moments anymore. If I’m in Paris having a picturesque moment eating a croissant and having coffee at a street cafe, I just want to soak that moment all in; I won’t need a fancy DSLR-produced photograph for me to remember that it actually happened. So maybe there doesn’t have to be this huge difference in the mentality I have when photographing with my DSLR vs. with my point and shoot but for me, right now, it does. I’m probably going to end up taking my DSLR but just not using it all the time when I’m there. My plan is to get a wider prime lens before I leave so that carrying it around isn’t as much of a burden.
Look forward to seeing some photos here in the coming months from across the pond!
