As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.One thing I love in winter is roaming endlessly in forests and fields full of snow. Laying in snow, listening to nature or music. Sometimes I go with my camera, sometimes I just capture everything with my soul. But whatever I do, I always take my time. That’s kind of my theme for 2016; taking my time, enjoying the moment and learning to accept things I can’t change. And always, always exploring more.It took me almost 32 years to start accepting who I am and more importantly, who I am not. It feels like I’ve finally let go of all the things that were holding me back. This year I’m trying to be more ME and it includes not stressing over what to post, when to post it and how to post it. At some point blogging started to feel more like a chore than a thing I loved doing. But now it feels good again and I hope it leads to more posts and more importantly, posts that reflect who I am, who Jouni is and what we are really about. Because we really can’t be anybody else and as silly as it seems, for the longest time it has felt that I don’t fit into this world. I’ve chosen to not show images I love because I’ve been afraid. Afraid of being too weird or too ordinary. Afraid of not fitting in and sometimes even fitting in.
But you know what? I’m not afraid anymore.
I can only be me and God knows I’m going to be exactly who I am. ♥
And guys, I really, really love black & white photos of nature. So here’s my beautifully black & white favorite piece of my neighborhood.
// Johanna
All images taken with Nikon D610 + Nikkor 50 mm/1.4G & edited with Red Leaf Studios Blacksmith presets.
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