Main Drones

Ok, I definitely have a problem with procrastination. I am very easily distracted, particularly if there's something I'm putting off. I'm supposed to be going through my drives to put together a portfolio of architectural/property shots as there's a few jobs I'd like to apply for. I really need to get the applications in sharpish. However, I keep stumbling across archived stuff that I haven't looked at since the day I pressed the shutter, and I'm finding myself quite drawn to them. It's a bit like when a new song comes out and the radio plays it to death so you begin to hate it, then 3 years later you hear it in the background and think "hmmm...not too bad". I feel the same way about these shots from Burnmouth.

Being happy with your lot, or content with what you have is often used as an insult to others, a backhanded way of telling someone that is unhappy that they are ungrateful and hence undeserving of life and love. I'm sure at some stage we have all had a variation of this thrown at us. I have only really grasped the true meaning of this from listening to lectures from philosophers, gurus, and spiritual teachers, and the like. To me it's that if you cannot find happiness in the present moment and you are looking for an external source for this, like a new house, car, better job, higher salary- when that time comes you will enjoy it only briefly. You will eventually live your whole life unhappy because rather than living, you are constantly searching, grasping, hoping for a better deal. This is the context I give to this picture of an abandoned house on a Fife estate. There was no war or natural disaster, but a beautifully built house with ornate stonework that the intended owner simply didn't like and left to ruin. I'd probably understand if they found God, renounced their riches, and lived in a cave or a tin hut, but I seriously doubt that was the case. Still, the photo turned out ok!

I was once called a run of the mill drone pilot by a business advisor. On reflection it was fair, I don't have £100k worth of gear, I have no real contacts in the creative industry that can help me get more work. SKY, BBC, and Nat Geo aren't calling anytime soon. But I don't know any run of the mill drone guys that go to the lengths I do, not that I see it as effort because it never is when you do something you love.