Day 365 of 365
Wow! I can’t believe the day is here but it is. It felt amazing to type 365 of 365 - it was a long time coming, over 15,000 photos taken and I can’t even imagine how many hours of editing but it is a year of work that I can honestly say that I am extremely proud of. All week I have been feeling sad that this project that I will remember for the rest of my life was coming to a close but I love the idea that “the end is only the beginning.” I have gained so much from the project on so many levels. I think my technical skill has improved, I now use a flash which I never had at the start (not sure how I even took photographs before I got this), I had my first gallery show which was definitely something on my bucket list, and I gained the courage to share my work which I always struggled with before. On a personal level, it has given back to me in so many surprising and unexpected ways. In this year alone, I sat outside and just enjoyed the sight and beauty of a snow storm on a winter’s night, I have chased a hot air balloon in my car, I appreciated a simple thing like my dishwasher on those hectic weeks, I walked around on a frozen lake in hopes of finding treasure, among so many other things. The project forced me to slow down and just take in the moments of life. I think that somewhere along the way, I had forgotten to do this. I hope to continue to show my work and things that I find lovely in life on my very own website, www.crystalrichter.ca which will be soon to come.
And lastly, I felt so much love and support from two amazing families that everyday I feel more and more blessed to be a part, I was thankful to all the support from such a wonderful group of friends - I feel so lucky to have so many great people in my life, I reconnected with so many old friends who I haven’t talk to years and just because they started following the blog and wanted to talk about some of the photos they enjoyed, and I conversed with total strangers who told me my posts had become “one of the highlights of their day.” Words cannot express what this has all meant to me and I am forever grateful.
So with this, it is not the end but the beginning with so many more photos to take, so many more moments in life to enjoy. Good bye and thank you for coming on my journey.
