2009 in photos

As I’m sure a lot of people will probably be doing, I’m reflecting on my year - luckily enough I have photos to remind me of stuff that was happening this year.

For some reason I have no photos from January 2009. I don’t know why, besides the fact that I didn’t have a camera… usually I’ve always found a way to take photos without one. Apparently that isn’t the case this time around. My year started off pretty terribly and I was trying my best to still recover from being unemployed in September 2008. That’s when I sold my camera to make rent - a mistake I’ll never make again.

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February 2009

I had just gotten my camera and was taking pictures of everything. Also designed that watermark for myself and have been using it ever since. It’s shown up randomly on some flyers around town and is on a cd cover that I took photos for.

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March 2009

Started taking party photos and apparently this among other photos in this set became known ‘worldwide’ (although  I have yet to see any real evidence of that). This set does still get talked about though. March also marked my two years at my current job (with a few month period of me not being there).

At some point during the month of March I made a goal to take my camera with me everywhere and take pictures of everything. I may have lasted a month with that. It’s a pain in the ass to take a camera with you everywhere when you don’t have a car to put it in. This is when I started getting neck and shoulder problems from having my camera on my shoulders at all times. Meh.

And I just wanted to include a cup of tea next to some mini peni.

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April 2009

I take pictures at the New Found Glory/Bayside show and realize I want to do concert photography for the rest of my life.

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May 2009

I take pictures of everything. Cows. Horses. Whatever I can point my camera at.

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June 2009

I take photos of a show that end up being the only photos used in a cd booklet. I feel really accomplished because I am now feeling like I can call myself a ‘photographer’.

I also take a trip to LA.

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July 2009

I take my last party photos and quit that job.

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August 2009

I take a second trip to LA and fall in love with the city.

Also, it’s National Sandwich Month! I don’t finish the month but do take photos of every sandwich I had. :)

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September 2009

I realize that I don’t have to be paid in order to be a photographer. I take some of the best pictures I’ve ever taken without even trying. I go through some of my other photos and realize there is a lot more feeling in them than I thought.

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October 2009

I get really sick and fall into a really bad slump that I’m still pulling myself out of. I spend most of my time by myself.

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November 2009

I take a trip to San Francisco for a friend’s birthday. I have a really good time that kind of pulls me out of whatever hole I dug myself into. I start noticing things more and just being generally appreciative.

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December 2009