Up: [[Zen Camera]] Created: 2023-06-26 ## I Noticed Shooting fast without thought has been really helpful to me. I haven’t been doing it from the hip as much this week, but I’ve done lots of glancing and hitting the button immediately. I’m thrilled that the freedom of this is encouraging me to notice more in my environment. I’ve taken more photos in these first two weeks than in the dozen weeks prior. I know I’ll need to move on after week 3 (so by June 29th) and I’m happy to do that, but appreciate this wonderful start. Noticing more really made me smile a couple of times. Such as, when walking with Gayle by Lake Ontario on Tuesday evening and seeing this sign. The water is maybe 2 inches below the edge. A ‘potential’ hazard? #Photo ![[ZC2 - Open Water Hazard.webp|300]] ## Daily Observation I’m still not able to bask at length in daily observation. A lot of that this week had to do with me being away from home and super busy, but if I’m honest my out of town time occupied only two days of week 2 and 3 days of our upcoming week 3. The reality is that I’m not prioritizing taking substantial time to just ‘be’. I’m counting on that changing over the course of this work. ## Attending to Light I set myself a challenge of paying more attention to light this week and not getting freaked out about whether I’m doing it ‘right’ or not. That worked out really well. Some of my favourite photos this week are about reflections and light. #Photo ![[ZC2 - Reflection of Clouds in Water.webp|300]] I love this reflection of clouds in water. Confession - I was so tempted to crop whatever is in the top left corner. #Photo ![[ZC2 - Lighthouse reflected in water.webp|300]] This photo looks planned, but wasn’t. ## Next Week These first two weeks have been a big success in terms of getting me noticing and taking lots of photos, but if I’m to progress I really need to attend to the **Zen** part of Zen Camera. My busy-ness is a choice and it’s one that I’ve embraced for six decades so it’s unrealistic of me to assume that I can change just from reading the first chapter of a book. I’ve got some ideas for supports I can put in place to encourage the massive change from doing to being that I crave. I’m going to work on those this coming week. And keep shooting!