I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot lately, and I’ve decided that the previous incarnation of this goal – “take more pictures” – really isn’t the right one for me. I don’t take enough pictures, it’s true. I’ve been going months at a time without picking up the camera at all. But I don’t think it’s an issue of quantity. I could start carrying my camera everywhere with me, go back to shooting three rolls of film a week, and I don’t think I’d be any happier with my output than I am right now.

I need to start actively working on my skills as a photographer. Obviously, that means taking more pictures. But it also means putting more thought into the pictures I do take. It means taking the time to learn how to really use my camera (cameras, actually – I just inherited a gorgeous old Pentax that I find kind of baffling at the moment).

It means thinking of myself as a photographer again, rather than ‘someone who takes pretty good pictures’.