ANGELA B. PAN

This is the kind of snow I like! The kind where its on the trees and not on the roads. The kind where it makes everything so peaceful and calm. I know I wasn’t excited about it yesterday but I’m glad we got this last bit of snow before the warmer weather.

Three things I was grateful for this week:

1. YAY March is finally here!
2. Amazing colorful sunrises
3. My amazing graphic designer friend, Anelise for helping me with some website updates. Can’t wait til everything is complete 🙂 She’s the bomb, in case you didn’t know.

Darn, I should of posted this on Valentine’s day. Do you guys see the heart?

Three Things I was grateful for:

1. Snow 🙂
2. New Adventures
3. And I’ll be speaking tomorrow at Twinbrook Library at 1:30p in Rockville, MD. If you don’t have any plans, stop by.

One of my favorite things to photograph in DC while its snowing is the white-on-white. White snow with the “white” memorials. It’s so simple and beautiful.

While walking around the other day I saw the WWI memorial out of the corner of my eye and made my way over there. It’s a memorial that’s not photographed often but it’s definietly not one to pass up. I got the standard shots of the memorial with the trees surrounding it but it wasn’t until I stepped into the memorial with the beautiful columns and trees that I got really excited.

OK, I changed my mind again. I’m back in love with snow.

Popped a few valentines day chocolates for breakfast and I was off to shoot on this very white Presidents day.

I finished reading Big Magic a couple of weeks ago and it’s a book that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about since. If you haven’t read it then I’d highly recommend it. It’s a book for creatives but when it comes down to it, it’s a book for everyone because we all have hidden treasures inside of us. You just have to be brave enough to seek them out. (A little tidbit I learned from the book.)

One of the biggest ideas that I got from this book is that there are other people out there like me! Sometimes you get frustrated or discouraged by your art and sometimes it can be labeled as suffering for your art. Another word to use instead of “suffering” is “dedication”. Dedication to what makes me happy and also what keeps me feeling alive. If an image I created is less than perfect, it’s ok. I’ll still keep on working on it because it’s what I love to do.

“My work loves me as much as I love it.” – Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic.

Looking forward to the weekend. Gooooo PAN-thers 🙂 DUN DUN DUN DUUUNNNNNNN!

Three things I was grateful this week

1. One of my best friends had a baby boy! So exciting meeting the little man after 9 months.
2. The snow is pretty much gone and life can get back to normal
3. and thanks to Mr. Groundhog, the countdown to spring has begun!