The Safe Zone

Yesterday my first part of the test for one of the two photo-educations I am applying for arrived.
Today was also the day that I handed in my second midterm for the English study in the University of Copenhagen. These two very different assignments made me realise why I really really want to be a photographer and do this for the rest of my life; I want to leave the safe zone.
The Safe Zone is where we stay because we know it is the easiest. Me for instance, I get frustrated when I find something hard. I prefer the "easy" subjects in school and uni because they are "safe" to me. But I do not have the most fun in the safe zone! Whenever I leave it I am thrilled. The excitement of doing something out of my comfort zone is incredible. When I was a child my mother did not understand why I always had to climb the highest trees and sit up there all day. I always told her because I liked climbing and excluding myself from the world, but this is not the entire truth. I could never tell her because she fears heights so much, but really I was up there because it was a challenge. A challenge and a thrill. Of course I enjoy the safe zone as well, but honestly if I could not leave it life would be really boring. Anywho... what these photographic challenges are to me are the highest trees that I have to climb. To me they can be extremely challenging and almost dangerous (asking everyone to help, for permission to take their picture, all of this), but I absolutely love it!!







Safe zone, see you later, I'm off!