One year in the Hive
I wanted to make a post for a while about my photos of sewing processes. With all the photos that I took and really like, but that didn’t make it into any previous posts. What better occasion than to do it now.
After one year in the Hive. 🐝
How do you feel at the end of a year?
Do you feel overwhelmed and grateful over all the things that happened? Or is it regret; you could have done so much more?
I was just recently thinking of where I was at that day one year ago.
I must say I like the question and the thoughts that come with it. A lot of times I tend to forget all the things I do, learn, achieve. Because as soon as they passed or I achieved them, those things start to feel normal. Or do I just forget all the effort that went into it?
Maybe we tend to forget struggle, pain, effort. I think it is partially a coping mechanism for the brain.
But at the same time, it also works the other way round, and you forget all the beauty once it gets difficult.
Anyway, while I was thinking about how my life had changed within this year, I realized that it had been around one year now that I started to write and share my work and thoughts on Hive.
And a few days later I got the Notification form @hivebuzz I was right, it has been a year now.
One year, and I find it incredible how much I have learned and achieved through.
I remember it took me about a month or even longer of thinking about my first post until I actually wrote it. Then it probably took me another week or two to write it. I was feeling super shy on how and what to write, doubting anyone would get what I want to say…
Nonetheless I used to love to write. Then it took a few Literature and Language teachers at school to completely wipe out that passion and make me hate writing.
And now I feel like I got that back, which feels really good. Writing about my thoughts and work became a practice and a routine I really enjoy again.
At the same time, it makes me keep track on my work. How it changes. How I change, my ideas, my approaches.
The biggest change is for sure my passion for photography!
I used to never take any photos. Not in my work process, not in my travels, never. Sometimes I took some random shots there and there. But overall, I didn’t like it.
I was too much in the moment to take any pictures, which I always regretted after.
In my work it used to be specially annoying. Because every time I applied for anything, I had to come up with a portfolio full of photos I never took. Trying to take the pictures after, when halve of the objects didn’t even exist anymore…
Today I love taking photos of my process and the finished results so much. That I enjoy it as much as the craft itself. At times I don’t like the result or even the process, but taking photos adds enough to still make me enjoy the project.
In fact, I became obsessed with certain subjects along my, mostly, sewing related projects.
The threads. How beautiful! The shapes, curves, curls they take.
Playing with the light or different postures.
Or just for the sake of the colour.
Always different and always beautiful.
I always liked hands as a creative expression.
And the off cuts. I believe that is my two all-time favorites until now.
Apart from the creative gain there is of course all the exchange I hadn’t expected! The support, the conversations, the ideas...
And that was truly inspiring!
Thank you!
All photos are mine, taken by me during different projects I made this past year.
happy birthday, I wish you more success in the future
thank you!!:)
You're welcome
Happy birthday. I hope you stay at HIVE for a long time to come. It is really hard to write the first articles, yes, when I joined here, which I think will be only 2 months, I thought I would have a hard time writing my articles. Then, as I realized that this is a place between a social media platform and a blog, I started to write more comfortable and more focused articles. 😁
As for photography, I agree with you one hundred percent. 👍
I used to not take photos anywhere I went either, wasn't looking for beauty, wasn't looking for things to share with people, didn't take pictures of what I was doing...
Now I pay a little more attention to these things. One of the blessings of social media is that beauty multiplies as we share and people like it. 🤗
Happy New Year 🤗🤗
Heyy, thank you!!
It looks like I will stay yes🙃
...glad you could relate. For sure you have to get into it, especially when you are not used to do so otherwise.
yess!! nothing better than getting understood or appreciated for what you love to do:)
and thanks to you too!!
Congratulations on your anniversary, the first of many to come.
Isn't it great how you can combine work and pleasure and it becomes a passion?
You are doing great!
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Yes it is!! Inspiration. Love it:)
Thank you!!
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The most important thing is to observe your past to the present and see how things have changed for you. I can see your beautiful creativity and thanks to Hive where you can publish your work and wow the community.
Happy one year anniversary on Hive. I wish you more years on the Blockchain and keep writing and sharing your thoughts too.
Thank you so much:) yes it is always interesting to observe how things change over time!
This is beautiful 😍
I love every line that I read
I love how you decided to stop freaking out over taking photos and started keeping the memories alive by taking shots of all the processes until the end.
And I love the fact that Hive gave you all the support that you needed to start writing again and to share your creative work and gain friends too.
Happy Hive birthday to you. 🎉🎉🥳🥳👏👏❣️
Thank you!! Thats lovely to read😊
Very glad you enjoyed it!!
Happy anniversary! 🎷❄️🐣🎂
Glad you have found a home here!
Thank you😊
Never regret moments you have been "too much" into, as I missed some mayor just cause my eye was stick to the view finder.
Happy Hivebday!🎀
Time flies, right? And progress sometimes scares us, we adjust ourselves on achievements too fast, almost to the point we really forget how it was on the way...
At least now, every progress will be written 4ever on the blockchain, as a remainder.😉
One or the other and sometimes both... It would be also nice to have a invisible person taking the photos, so we can have it all, the moment and the photo😏
thanks🙃
yes yes, all buzzing and then you forget halve of it...
Sounds almost scary...
Happy Hiveversary! It's a wonderful experience to see how much growth can happen in a year. Your photography is very unique to you and expresses how you see. I'm inspired by you to give this in process photographing a go. Inspiration from others on Hive just grows one's creativity.
Thank you, that is so nice to hear!! :)
Crazy no, one year and so much happens and you didnt even see it coming... well yes I was really surprised to find so much! and I am glad you are about the process photography:)
You're welcome, it's what I see 😊. I'm really glad you've had such a good experience. Thank you for giving me a different perspective on the process photography. That's a gift to me.
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...very glad for all the inspiration we share!! 😊
Same here 😊💖
Hi there,
your pictures are so crystal clear and also from very close. What kind of camera do you use and can you recommend it? So far I took my posting-photographs wit my mobile phone but now, when I look at the way you present your pictured items, I am thinking of investing into a camera.
LOL. Same with me. But luckily my friend was obsessed with taking photos and so I benefited from her and have many of those long forgotten moments captured on camera.
The other day I got out my old slide projector to throw twenty-something year old photographs on the wall. Unfortunately, it has given up the ghost in the meantime. Meh.
Heyy,
honestly I did start to use my phone, within the process it is so much easier. And like that I also dont really have any excuse not to take photos. But I still do use a camera (canon something, quite a simple one), when from time to time. Or for the end results and when I have space and a bit more time...
For sure having a friend into photography, that really helps!!
And the slide projectors, I was thinking about that recently, they where pretty cool...
Thank you! It was lovely to read that reply:)
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