I may be in the minority here, but I really love facebook's memories feature. Every morning I look back on what I was doing on this day going back 7 years. Sometimes I wonder what was going through my head, sometimes I laugh at how young I was, and sometimes I am able to see patterns in my life.

For instance, for the past 7 years on this day, I was doing something related to art (except 4 years ago, there's no record of that one).

7 years ago I was making a prom dress
6 years ago I was a DJ on my college radio show
5 years ago I was working on creative writing homework
3 years ago I bought my first DSLR camera
2 years ago was my first shoot with a model

I loved seeing the old photos. When I first picked up my Nikon D3100 I had no idea what I was doing. I had done some online research about the exposure triangle, but with nothing other than a point and shoot to practice on, I didn't have any idea what I was doing. I was just playing with it to figure it out.

The first thing I did after buying my camera was take a walk around a nearby lake with my family and my dog. Since it's still nearby, I decided to do the same today. Check out the difference!

Even though my older photos often make me cringe, it's so fun to see the progress I've made. It is so easy to get caught up on the things I'd like to change or do better today, and totally forget how far I've come.
Plus I got have a nice relaxing evening at the lake with Jerry and my little man. You can't beat that!

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