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On Friday, March 31st, I went to İzmir.
I had some business to do.
I also took my photography gear, just in case.
Then just before sunset, I went to the infamous Clock Tower of İzmir in Konak.
Found a composition, posted some Instagram stories, befriended a curious crow even.
During the sunset, I took several photographs.
There were some promising ones judging by the previews on the camera screen.
But you never know until you check them on the computer. On a big screen.
When I came home, I loaded them onto Lightroom and quickly went through almost a hundred shots.
But didn’t like them.
I almost deleted them thinking there wasn’t a good enough shot. Normally that’s something I never do, a rookie mistake.
Then decided to be patient.
After some time I started working on the photos.
As I started working, the photograph started to reveal itself.
I think I worked on the photograph for a couple of hours.
And the final image was the photograph you saw in this post.
I was very, very happy with it.
I was glad I didn’t rush to delete them.
It was a fantastic start as it was the first photo I had made in 2023.
I have been away from photography for a long time.
I had many things to figure out. Many things to lay a foundation for.
But I was going to return to photography this year.
The time I had given myself for other stuff was up.
And I’m so grateful for the first image of my return.
It got me excited again.
Photography is important to me.
I explained it a little here in this article.
Yeah!
It was a good start and I’m finally back.