Over the weekend, Eric and I headed to my favorite place on the planet to spend a weekend relaxing with friends, collecting apples, visiting wineries, taking walks and soaking in all of the colors. Over the years, this fall trip to the Leelanau Peninsula has turned into a bit of a rite of passage for me as the coming year approaches. It marks the final stretch of a busy year and the beginning of new list of possibilities and ideas.
The year has been a great one and somehow, without warning, it is November. I can barely remember how long summers used to feel as a kid when my days were spent hiding under trees and racing my bike up and down our street. So I remind myself to slow down. Relax with friends. Collect apples. Take walks. Drink wine. Soak it all in.
After more than eight years of using only digital cameras, I’ve started shooting film again lately. I already love how it has helped me to slow down again. To take a moment to soak in what it is I am trying to capture before I capture it. To be more deliberate.
The photographs above from the Bay View Trail in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are all digital but the rest of my photographs from the weekend in Leelanau are film and I look forward to sharing some favorites soon. In the meantime, cheers to you and the things in your life that are worth slowing down for.
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