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At the Ljusdal camera club, we have a Photographer of the Month and Photo of the Month. The photographer is selected months in advance and it basically just rotates between the members, but the photo of the month is based on votes. There’s a theme for every month, the members submit pictures and then we vote for the favourite in the monthly meeting.

The theme for March was pets, and although I don’t have any pets myself, I do have some pictures of them. So for the first time, I submitted pictures and would you know it, my leaping dalmatian won a landslide victory! And the second place… is also mine! Talk about an ego boost.

All at the same time, I’m also the Photographer of the month for April. I have a small exhibition at the Ljusdal library and I’ve received some positive feedback for it, which doesn’t have to mean anything though because people normally don’t say on your face that your pictures suck. But it’s ok, it’s nice to hear nice things and it helps me to take the edge off my constant self-criticism and allows me to be happy about my pictures, just for a short while anyway.

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