#14

Somehow over the last 20 days I have become 7 days behind in this whole blog updating deal. My bad. It has been an interesting process. Reflecting on how I thought this would go and how it actually happened has been good. I had hoped that I would have time every single day to sit down and type something that could be more than a surface level inspection of the past three years. However, find the inspiration to do that has been hard. Some days stuff seems to flow, other days I could barely open the blog to add something and still other days I missed out completely. Often I found myself to busy or completely forgetting to post. Everything I want to do requires some form of sacrifice. Some more than others. Compared to having a family, career, obligations, a partner, blogging (which one of these doesn't belong here?) does not carry much weight. Blogging, in the scheme of things, is fairly insignificant, but if it helps me to connect with people, I'm all for it. People are what matter.

I hope this finds my friends and family well! I have had amazing news over the last few weeks of babies being born, wedding plans (not my own, I'd let you know), friendships, all sorts of things.

For now, fairwell!
Take luck!

#12

Children.

"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), 'The Little Prince', 1943

#11

Sunset over the ocean! Definitely something everyone should experience in their lifetime. The Channel Islands create a beautiful scape along the horizon. This is another one from my first session at Brooks. The sun is an amazing thing. A sunset where the sun sets solely beyond the horizon is nice, but when there is something else to reflect and distort the light its beauty multiplies. Clouds, water, distant mountains, faces of friends, wet beaches, life.

#10

So I'm a bit behind...
Here are a two I took last night.



People.
I will always remember people.
The intrinsic value of each human being regardless.
We each reflect something so great: compassion, inspiration, encouragement, joy, sadness, empathy, hope, love.
The experience of one person affecting another in a positive way.
I can remember so many moments with friends, family, strangers, when I was affected, encouraged, inspired.
I implore each of you to take a moment for the people in your life, to affect.
Happy Valentines, tomorrow.

"Be the change you want to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandi

#9

Brighton, England. 2007 :)

'A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.' - Herm Albright

HAHA

Reflection #1 (in no particular order)

So it is now officially February. I graduate in 29 days. A bit of a strange thought. I have been a student for as long as I can remember and in 1 month I will be entering a whole new phase of life! It is super super exciting and yet at the same time I live in a very nice bubble. School is familiar, I know the cycles and what is expected. I know when I get stressed, when I push myself, how to stay inspired, who to turn to when I get overwhelmed. I know where all the campuses are, I know what I'm doing here, I know that what I'm learning has been building up to a ceremony that doesn't last long and yet will be one of the single greatest accomplishments of my still young life. I would love to hear any advise or words of wisdom anyone cares to share!

Over the next month I'm going to try and put up at least one image of reflections, more so literally, however they symbolize the thoughts going through my head of what I have learned during the last three years. Some of the images I took at school, some while vacationing, some while walking though downtown's, some before dawn on mountain tops or alpine lakes. I'll give a snippet for each one.

Starting of is the Santa Ynez River in Santa Barbara, California. I took this my first session at Brooks in 2005, so long ago. I forgot about this image for about 2.5 years. I kind of stumbled over it in the ole' archives. I'm glad I did.



'And since you know you cannot see yourself,
so well as by reflection, I, your glass,
will modestly discover to yourself,
that of yourself which you yet know not of.'
-William Shakespeare

Sailing with Tom

On August 22 I got to go sailing with a friend of a friend, Tom, out on the Ventura Harbor. I can't remember ever being on a real sail boat before this, so again a first. I think if August were to have a theme it would be: Never Before. I have been able to do things I have never done and see places I have never been! It has been truly amazing! Here are some pics from sailing...




"Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sequoia National Park

The first weekend in August I was in Sequoia National Park with some friends. It was such a fun trip, lots of good conversation and I had not yet been to Sequoia so I was getting to see some new stuff! It was also cool because Sequoia is on the west side of the Sierra's and just a few weeks earlier I had been on the east side climbing Mt Whitney.


"Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and the skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man." - Edward Steichen

Goodmorning

Here are a few more photo's from my trip to Washington. Soon and very soon I will have a new folder up with many more images on the gallery page. Feel free to check out that sight for more photo updates as well: here.
Enjoy,
Taylor

Yes!

I am so excited! Thank you Jennifer for your help! I love having the blog linked directly to my website, so stoked!