Just Show Up

Wow, nearly the end of September. It seems to me that this is the time of year for reminding yourself of the goals you set back on January 1, and saying wow, that was optimistic. I'm not even going to link back to that goal-setting post from the beginning of the year (you can find it if you want, but I hope you won't), it'll be too depressing.

However, I was reminded this morning while perusing my long list of photo-related blogs, that you can't succeed if you don't show up. Lately, I feel like I've been failing to "show up" -- not only here at the blog, but in my photography in general. Call it a slump, or a lack of inspiration, or just the rest of life getting in the way. Plenty of excuses, none of them productive.

Anyhow, that's all water under the bridge. For today, I'm making a new commitment to just show up, every day, with something for the blog and a new photo on flickr. Whenever possible, I'll go with the PhotoChallenge.org topic of the day. Here on the blog, get ready for an onslaught of meandering thoughts about workflow, as I try to find some combination of free/cheap software that'll save me from spending big bucks on Adobe Lightroom. Also the return of my "best of the photochallenge" posts, and whatever else I can think of!

Today is September 24th, and this is Day 1 of Just Showing Up.

Today's photo was shot in our small-but-sincere garden with my Pentax K100d Super and old manual 50mm lens. Click the photo to see it larger at Flickr.