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Abu Dhabi Skyline, I like how the moon seems to be like a lamp :) and yes, those are the reflections of the sensor on top of the moon

2016, another year and I cannot believe I did not followed up my resolutions (again)

February 23, 2017 by Raziel Pena

Well, 2017 is already here and yes I do feel terrible. Don't get me wrong, 2016 was an amazing year for me in terms of travel, photography and other opportunities but definitely feel bad for not following up one of my resolutions which was to keep up with my blog.

The time goes by and it becomes increasingly difficult to do it, with work and routine and one thousand excuses. But at least after this year I can say that I realize that those are only excuses and that I should've not let this happened. I guess that is good as lesson learned.

Lovely sunset from my old apartment in Abu Dhabi. Living on the 60th floor has its advantages I guess.

This is one of the most complicated things in photography, at least for me. I love to experience and capture moments but for some reason sharing them becomes something complicated... maybe I want it to be perfect so I ended up not meeting my own expectations and deciding to leave it for later.  I think I just need to change my mindset to "just do it" and stop worrying so much.

Last week I had the chance to attend the GPP 2017 opening presentations and I quite liked the one from Zack Arias. Beside of actually feeling identified with a lot of the issues he was going through I liked a lot his idea of just getting to work to get inspiration, from the work itself instead of the other way around. I think it makes a lot of sense since based on experience... the other way does not work at all :)

So, few changes are coming to my life once again so I will try to tackle them positively and actually take full advantage. The photography scene is way more vibrant here in Dubai than Abu Dhabi so I will try to join to all those events, maybe something goods come out of it.

At the entrance of Emirates Palace. Not a bad place to end the year and start a new one :)

February 23, 2017 /Raziel Pena
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