Bellies to Babies
Family
Seniors
Just Because
Femme Fatale
Love & Marriage
Posted on September 12, 2009
and not let it turn into a job you hate?
I’ve been asked this on numerous occasions. It’s true sometimes when you take something you love to do and turn it into a job you can become “over it” fast.
I personally have kept my love of photography by always taking time to shoot for myself. When I shoot for myself I don’t worry if it will be a perfect shot, or if “they will love it” or if it will get chosen for an album/card/canvas or anything else. When I shoot for myself I shoot to please ONLY myself .. and if anyone else likes it then that’s cool too. When I shoot for myself I shoot with whatever camera is handy and don’t worry about the “professional quality” of it. This goes for all my Iphone images (not the best resolution ever -but they capture images that mean something to me), my various Polaroid cameras (although they are quite often requested by clients) and mostly I say this for my Holga camera.
It looks a bit umm “ghetto” .. but seriously it’s my FAVORITE camera!
and as such the Dreamy images it produces are often my favorite and are the images I love to share here on what once started as “film friday” but turned into “film friday on saturday.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy taking them!
The following images were taken in July at a street festival in downtown Campbell, CA. If you are the owner of one of these beautiful images and would like a complimentary copy please drop me a note (info@marianamaya.com).
*these images have only been altered by the reproduction of the scan and the addition of a watermark. I hope to print these in the dark room soon…
So if you’ve turned your love/passion/hobby into a job maintain the love for it by remembering to set aside some time to do it for YOURSELF! because in the end YOU are the only one that matters to YOU!
| Send this post to a friend
| 1 Comment 
Posted on December 22, 2008
Hello Everyone! It’s a busy week! Some of you are at work rushing to finish everything before having (hopefully) a few days off to spend with family. Some of you are already off doing last minute shopping dealing with the crowds, full parking lots & long lines. Others of you are already at home busy with kids, baking, prepping, & cleaning. There’s even a few who don’t celebrate this season, however are still caught up in everyone’s madness.
So what is your week like? I would love to hear how you plan on spending the second to the last week of 2008. Leave me a comment below!!!
Whatever your week is like… Don’t forget to stop and look up, down and around you. You only live once!!
Don’t forget to leave a comment on “Cans for Comments” below.
Check back soon…. Santa might arrive to my blog. 
Here are a few images taken with my Holga on my recent trip. For those of us in cold weather let’s enjoy a moment of summer images.
And of course, What would the beach be without anyone on it:
