day nine of the Thirty Days of Vancouver, BC Autumn
fading - a self portrait
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This is a project I have had in mind for some time.
Repeated information in the spoiler:
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Each new day will reward the viewer with a new photo; a new moment in the quick-changing world of autumn. It is my favourite season and an obvious choice as a beginning.
It is the start of my personal year; a true autumn baby.
Return to my journal once a day to see the new photo or follow my flickr stream (please see
previous journal entries for all the photos so far). I will do my best to post at similar times each day. I meant to post much earlier today but had other things to do. I am aiming for between 12-1pm PST / 3-4pm EST / 8-9pm BST each day, depending on distractions and unforeseen circumstances.
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I hope you enjoy the once a day updates and for thirty days will be few words and mostly photos.
The photos will be a mix of many subject matters, so do not expect to only see scenic typical autumnal scenes. There will, of course, be some by that description.
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At the end I hope to be able to offer a limited edition handmade book of all the prints, and also a less-expensive professionally produced photobook. Research is currently being undertaken to discover the best ways to offer this to my audience. More information will follow. For now, enjoy the photo(s) as they come.
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I'm extremely, superbly late today. I'd blame it on my terrible start to the day, but it seems futile. Tomorrow I'll likely be a little later, also in order to give more chance for people to see this one.
I was saving this photo for later in the series, but with the events of the first half of my day it is more relevant today than it ever will be. You don't need to know the details, but needless to say this is how I feel sometimes - that I'd just like to fade away with the autumn and be born afresh next year. I am interested to know what people think of this one, as it is a difficult thing for me to talk about, so I photograph it instead.
To counter my terrible early afternoon I got taken to lunch and had a wee walk and a coffee afterwards to get some fresh air and put the world into proper perspective again. Today, the rain cleared for the first time in about 11 days or so and it was vividly sunny. I am, of course, always reinforcing the stereotype of an English person and discussing the weather at every available opportunity.
And also, I think this project is beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing