In the life of a photographer, whose art is created in tiny fractions of a second, thirty minutes is a sustained thought. Thirty minutes, the length of a child's ballet class, a quick sauce's simmer, a commute, is long enough to witness change and short enough to be over before you know it. We offer you here our monthly results of thirty minutes of watching and waiting and recording, of rendering permanent those fractions of a second that slip past in the time it takes to watch a television show. Thirty minutes in the life.
Where do I even start. We are in the second month of the year. We are still in masks, the virus is still prevalent across the country. I think everything beyond Florida, is borderline frozen, and then on the other side Florida’s temps are sitting at 84F.
I am sitting at my computer watching the sun setting across the canal, and thinking that another day has passed us by. The week has been a blur. For this group we take time to capture 30 minutes in our lives, even in this feeling of chaos.
Join us as we view what each blog contributor has to share this month.
If you are struggling right now, if the virus is getting you down, if you have put your camera down and just don’t feel like picking it back up, then I hope that the 30 minutes that has been shared with you today, inspires you to take that step to pick up the camera and take some photographs.
Thank you for joining us. It’s always good to see what is happening around the world. On behalf of the 30 Minutes team, I hope you stay well, stay safe.
Just a reminder that this is a circle blog, so follow the links on each photographer’s page to get to the next. Let us know you stopped by, by leaving a like or a comment. For more on the group, you can check out the different tabs on this webpage. Don’t forget to share with us your 30 minutes image on our Facebook page or our Instagram page for a chance to be highlighted.
It’s September friends, and it appears that we are into fall. I am sure up north things are starting to cool down, and the leaves will soon start to change color. Down south, it is still hot. This has definitely been an interesting year so far. It appears that we ran out of names for the hurricanes and we are now into the Greek alphabet. It has definitely been a busy season.
I hope you are able to get out a bit more now and go for walks, grab a bite to eat and see friends. Today we did just that. We headed out to meet friends in the park for a barbecue. The weather was good, the barbecues were social distanced and it was nice to be able to just have another voice in our lives even for a short space of time.
From the photos the blog contributors have shared below, life is slowly starting to happen again.
Thank you for joining us and thank you to the 30 minutes team for continuing to contribute to this project, you are all amazing. This year marks the 5th year of this blog group sharing stories together. It’s always good to see what is happening around the world. On behalf of the 30 Minutes team I hope you stay well, stay safe.
Just a reminder that this is a circle blog, so follow the links on each photographers page to get to the next. Let us know you stopped by, by leaving a like or a comment. For more on the group you can check out the different tabs on this webpage. Don’t forget to share your images on our Facebook page or our Instagram page for a chance to be highlighted.
How are you all hanging in this far in the year? I will confess to being tired of being stuck at home and not getting out and about. My desire to go out and take photographs has been a struggle. Wearing a mask everywhere is a pain, but a necessary pain. Life as we know it is so different.
But on the flip side there is so much to appreciate. We can spend time with our families. So far we have stayed healthy. The weather has been for the most part really good. We can enjoy the back garden, all the critters that deign to visit our garden. We can walk in our neighborhoods.
For those who are now parents, educators and part of the workforce, we are thinking of you. It is challenging to have to be doing everything, when we are not really equipped to multitask in this manner. Hang in there!
Talking weather our hearts go out to all the folk affected by Hurricane Laura that hit the gulf coast this week. I hope that all of our followers are safe and have no damages to their property.
Once again the blog team have put together 30 minutes in their lives. We get the privilege of living vicariously through their lives as well. I hope you enjoy what they have to share.
Thank you friends for joining us and thank you to the 30 minutes team for continuing to contribute to this project, you Ladies rock. On behalf of the 30 Minutes team I hope you stay well, stay safe.
Just a reminder that this is a circle blog, so follow the links on each photographers page to get to the next. Let us know you stopped by, by leaving a like or a comment. For more on the group you can check out the different tabs on this webpage. Don’t forget to share your images on our Facebook page or our Instagram page for a chance to be highlighted.
Where did June come from? I have officially been at home 3 months. Fortunately I am working. I hope that you are all in a similar position wherever you are in the world.
So the other day I read a summary of 2020 so far. In January we had fires in Australia, Prince Harry & Megan checked out of the official duties of the royal family. Kobie died. The UK left the European Union.
February we saw the first signs of Covid-19 emerging, and meme’s about drinking Corona’s were floating around. Everyone had their opinions on Covid-19, but at this point most of the happenings were in China and the US did not seem to be too concerned.
March things in the US took a different turn. I, for one, was instructed to pack up my office and go home. Covid-19 officially became a US virus.
In April, Bernie Sanders was out of the democratic race and Biden was in. It appeared the Kim Jong-Un may have died. But then he may not have died.
In May we learned of a swarm of locusts heading our way, then killer hornets. The country was in some kind of lock-down, stay at home, and people protested their right to be out and working. Then George Floyd was murdered, and political protests and some rioting broke out.
And now we find ourselves in June, wondering how the heck we got here. For the month of June we learn about a resurgence of mosquito diseases, the Saharan Sand Storm, the spiking Covid-19 positive cases and the stand against wearing masks.
It’s been a hectic six months. In the midst of it the blog group tries to keep up every month while, for the most part, staying at home and social distancing. In all of this chaos, we have also seen and shared some incredible images that we are tagged in on Instagram. We are so glad that you are part of our group participation and that we get to share your stunning images.
Lets hope that the later half of 2020 will see the end of this virus, that health would not be an issue, that life can get back to some level of normality, and that we will be able to get out more and enjoy documenting life outside of our homes again.
Thank you friends for joining us and thank you to the 30 minutes team for keeping us connected. On behalf of the 30 Minutes team I hope you stay well, stay safe, keep washing your hands and practice social distance. Until things are looking up, stay home wherever you can.
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Just a reminder that this is a circle blog, so follow the links on each photographers page to get to the next. Let us know you stopped by, by leaving a like or a comment. For more on the group you can check out the different tabs on this webpage.
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