365/365
I've been staring at this little box for a while now, thinking of what to say.
The 365 project was something I wanted to do since I was about 15 but everyday I made excuses like "I have a lot of homework. Or, I'm about to start year 12". It feels very strange to say that this is my last photo for the 365 challenge.
Day 365/365.
It feels so odd to type, and I don't even know what to think - mainly disbelief because I didn't think I was going to make it this far. I remember on day 9 I was just going to call it quits and be like, "I gave it a shot, so I guess a pat on the back for the effort." Even though I didn't necessary take photos strictly everyday I still managed to finish this - and all my life I have never achieved anything like this before.
In 2013, I watched myself change and my perspective of things change. I remember the time I dropped a flower crown I made on a pebbled path during golden hour, and I noticed that as the sun met the horizon, the rays of light danced around on the pebbles and sparkled like glitter. And suddenly from that day I began noticing things. Thing which I would just usually look at, but not really see. I began to notice all the little things - like flowers dotted along the footpath on my way home, and how crisp and fresh the air in Autumn was on cold mornings and the beauty of golden hour.
Even though I've finally finished this project, I will still take photos. Taking photos is my way of sharing what I see in this world, and it kind of calms me. I love chasing the light in the morning and in the evenings, and I will keep taking photos - I simply can't stop. This is what I love doing. I want to experiment with different types of photography, I want to work with film and I want to shoot with models and continue capturing the beauty of nature.
And I would like to say thank you. Thank you to you all. Thank you to my family for always being so supportive of me. Thank you to my friends on Flickr (you know who you are!) and in "real life" who have been so patient, kind and willing to model for me or to drive me places far away, just so I can take photos (I remember that time we went to Kuitpo forest at the crack of dawn and I think I'll forever remember how dark and freaked out (though that may have only been me mainly) we were in the car. Thank you to mother nature for blessing our world with four seasons and wild life, and for showing us that life has its seasons, change which are all natural.
And thank you for the sun for always rising and setting each day, even though no one ever tells you.
And I want to say thank you for everyone who has ever left a comment, favourited a photo, or just viewed a photo of mine. And thank you to the people who have been with me on this journey since day one, or somewhere in the middle or on the very last day.
And also!!!!!!!!!! I am really happy because I will never have to upload a photo that I don't like ever again.
Ps. if you read all of this, you're awesome.