Thread: any New Year's resolutions?

I don't usually do these. But I have a few this year.

1. Start using Lightroom
2. Even though I love available light photogrpahy, I WILL learn how to use flash
3. lose 15 pounds
4. find an in-camera combination of settings that I love and quit over-processing everything
5. quit buying and selling so many cameras and take more photos

what are yours?

1. Learn to use Photoshop properly.

2. Not stay up so late on Saturday nights watching premier league football so I can then wake up earlier on Sundays to go take some photos.

3. Less time spent renovating on my long weekends, instead taking little weekend trips with friends to nice places.

4. No more significant purchases and start saving for my January 2014 snowboard trip to Mt Baker.

5. Photograph my family more.

6. Make a "my first year in photography" photobook.

Lose weight (again!)
go back to the gym (not going has resulted in the weight gain)
Go back to dessert only on the weekends.
Spend less time sitting in front of a computer, even doing photo processing.
Spend more time in a darkroom -- where I know what the hell I'm doing.

Those are all doable. I won't resolve to stop buying and selling photo gear because I doubt any such resolution would take, and because I enjoy doing it too much.

Originally Posted by Lawrence A.

Go back to dessert only on the weekends.

Initially I read this as desert... I was thinking whatever....must be a New Mexico thing. I'd go to the desert whenever I had some spare time.

Me too Luke.

As for resolutions; GET OUT MORE.

1. Quit smoking (for good)

2. Lose some weight (though this might be on my New Year's resolution permanently every year )

3. Take more photos and buy less gear

4. Travel more

5. Be more critical of the images I shoot.

Originally Posted by Phoenix

1. Quit smoking (for good)

2. Lose some weight (though this might be on my New Year's resolution permanently every year )

3. Take more photos and buy less gear

4. Travel more

5. Be more critical of the images I shoot.

Speaking first hand, if you take care of number one, the rest are a LOT easier. Man, I LOVED to smoke. Not much will kill you faster.

Yeah, I really need to stop permanently, I have done so in the past, which lasted 3 months, 5 months, etc.. It's been almost 1 month now since I just went cold turkey, and I'm resolute to quit for good, it's quite hard I have to say, I'm not known for my self control, I think this also explains GAS in my case.

Bite my tongue more often.

I'm actually serious.

I will try to think of some things more in terms of geological time (as in will this really matter hundreds of thousands of years from now?).

Illegitimi non carborundum and remember that life is too short and I'd rather make the most of it.

Definitely take more photographs of people and animals I know and love.

1. No photog purchases for 12 months.
2. Lose 10 kg.
3. Get out with the camera more (could even help #2).