Cindee Bae Photography

What is it about photography that struck a cord with me?
That’s the question that I’ve been asking to myself since the day I realized I was totally drawn to it, that it was something special to me.

Looking through the view finder, I see things differently. When I starting Project 365 (which I failed miserably if I may add) I realized that the world looked different depending on how I chose to look at it.

I’ve been driving the same streets for the past 9 years to get to and from work, walk the same pavement to get from the parking lot to my office building then took my 15 min. break at same spot, saw the same old friends.., you get my drift, right? When I decided to start P365, I was afraid of 1 thing, that there wasn’t anything remotely interesting to photograph EVERYDAY but I knew I had to give it a shot for what it was worth, if I wanted to learn. So I dragged the camera around everywhere I went. Soon enough, I realized that there were a lot of things ‘photo-worthy’ if I just paid attention. That even a pebbled pavement can evoke some kind of emotion and tell a story and that in single millisecond while you press the shutter, you can capture the perfect connection between 2 people that a human eye can only miss. And that is the reason why I fell in love with this thing called photography, cause in a sense, I can freeze time, just like Evie from Out of this world and tell my story.

So why did I fail so miserably at P365? Well, that’s a whole other story…. ;)

I spent the all of 2007+2008 devoting my life to Label Tulip.
Having a full time job and a business to run was no easy task. At times, I felt that I was being unfair to both and my personal life was completely left on the back burner.
One day I realized that something had to change. I started the company because I wanted to do something that I loved, for a change, but now I found myself constantly asking if this is something I truly enjoyed.
At the beginning of 2009, I had officially stepped down.

2009 was a resting year for me, for my mind and body. I spent the year only doing what I wanted to do, other than my 9-5 job, whether that was lounging around watching TV, browsing flickr endlessly, or hanging out with the bf. When people ask me ‘what have you been doing’ I was happy to say “I’ve seriously been doing NOTHING.” It felt good to not work till 4-5am in the morning only to wake up at 9am to go to work the next morning. It felt good to not have to sleep till 3pm on the weekends due to my lack of sleep during the week. Finally, I was able to somewhat enjoy my life again.

Now that we’re nearing 2010, I think I’ve had enough time to rest. :)
I’m ready for what 2010 will bring.
I’m ready to follow my passion again, whatever that may be…