I failed this week. Every night before i go to bed, I set my alarm. I tell myself mentally, I'm going to get up early and I'm going to photograph during sunrise on the orchard. Yet every morning i wake up at 6:30am, I grab something quick to eat and take a look outside to get a glimpse of the light, the clouds, the shadows and if there is enough buds on the trees that have bloomed yet. Then i start procrastinating. I go back to making breakfast. I end up taking longer than i should. I say to myself eh i'll go take a shower first and then come back down and check it out again. My concept of time is pretty out of wack to be honest, sometimes i get lost in other things i do and all of the sudden its lunch time.
You know what they say. Try, try, and try again... Well i did, I tried every morning and i got pretty damn close to sunrise. I kind of had to more so recently. I told my grandfather to sleep in a little more and i'd take over watching sprays in the morning. the crew is usually starts up at about 6:30am. In order to succeed sometimes you have to break up your daily routines, So I've for gone my long over drawn slow morning routine for a quick bowl of cereal or toast, put some pants on and headed up the orchards. I had to carefully watch the spray pattern and make sure it hit all the trees in the row.
“In order to succeed sometimes you have to break up your daily routines”
I've always been somewhat of an early bird but not quite a 5:00am early bird. You know what though? Its nothing a little motivation can't change and what better to motivate me than doing something i already love doing. Little by little, I've been getting up earlier and earlier. I've slowly gotten closer to that sunrise golden hour for some really great lighting. It's definitely not easy getting up at the crack of dawn and i commend all the farm hands for doing it day after day. Sometimes even seven days a week if needed. The word weekend doesn't really apply working on an orchard or for any farmer really, which is great for photographing. There is almost always something going on weather permitting.
“If there is anything to take away from this blog post, It is don’t be afraid to fail. I’m sure it’s something that holds a lot of people back. Failing at something is always better than never making the effort and attempt to do. ”
The past month i've been very focused on the main orchard just cause its right behind the house lol. I'll have to get up even earlier to venture out to the other two orchards located closer to the lake. Stay tuned, I plan on having a different type of content up on the next blog. (hint It might be in video format).