This is a picture I took years ago. In the late 90’s.
After cegep, but before the programming years.
It was a time in my life that felt far too short.
My working at astral photo days. Wonderful days.
I made some really great friends. It was a really good time.
I laughed a lot, I took a lot of pictures, I hiked, I travelled, I danced,
I stayed up late AND got up early ON PURPOSE!!!
And again, so many good friends.
I miss them, I miss creating moments with them, I miss the world of possibilities,
I miss seeing the beginning of the line better then the end, I miss my body, ….

This picture was taken by lac st-louis. In the back of Marguerite-Bourgeois school in Pointe-Claire village. There’s a little spot where you can walk on the rocks. The moment was captured there. I had just gotten some filters for my new Pentax MZ-5 and I was trying them out. I biked there a lot throughout the years.
And now it was just me, my camera, my tripod, some filters, and that place.
It turns out I didn’t like working with filters. I wasn’t a very technical person, I’m still not. To this day I barely have a cell phone. Barely because I have one but it is always off. The battery is probably dead. I’m not even sure where it is. I don’t even know my number. It’s a pay as you go emergency phone I keep (kept?) in the car. It could be in my purse…which I haven’t been using either. I just stick my wallet in my jacket pocket. I like simple. I like minimalism. Point is, filters weren’t worth the effort. I prefer to just hold the camera up to my eye, click and hope it turns out. Hope, what a wonderful feeling. I’m simple. And what I lack in technical knowledge, I like to think I make up for in creativity. Same goes for many aspects of my life.

This picture is ok, but the memories from that time are …. sublime