Today we have guest Maite Pons talking us to about her photography and all things New.

As I start the new year, I look back at the old one that’s gone. This time, though, the words ‘old’ and ‘new’ don’t make sense to me. Because last year was a year of new things in our life: we bought a house and moved to a new neighborhood, the children started new schools, I had a new classroom all to myself, and I finally decided to dive into film photography.

Although it was all very exciting, for every new situation I approached this past year there were countless sleepless nights, stress and anxiety among all of us at home but, most of all, that scary feeling that something might go wrong along the way. The ‘what ifs’ clouded my enthusiasm, and many times I just wanted to stay in the comfort of what I had. I didn’t want new.

But new came. And it wasn’t as difficult as I imagined it would be. Even selling our house turned out to be a lot easier than we expected.

At first, I thought selling our property was going to be really difficult, but after talking to our friends who sold their house using the House Buyers of America website, they gave us plenty of real estate tips and everything just seemed to fall into place. If you would like to learn more about the process involved in selling a house, you can find plenty of resources here: https://www.housebuyersofamerica.com/sell-my-house-home.

There are no doubts about it, choosing the right real estate agent for our needs made a huge difference. Besides, if you are trusting someone to sell your home then you need to know that they have your best interests in mind at every step of the way. Which reminds me, an old colleague of mine has recently sold her home in London and is planning to move just around the corner from us. I am so excited about our reunion. It still feels like just yesterday that she told me she was moving here. She’s already started packing her stuff up too. She was told to look into crate hire London to ensure she could have some storage options when she moves. Crates are great for moving house. They’re easy to stack and can hold a lot of different things, making it a lot easier to fit the majority of items into one van. Apparently, if you are looking to secure a house sale forest hill in London is the place to be at the moment. The real estate industry there seems to be thriving.

But yes, we signed our papers; moving day went smoothly; the children had an amazing start in their new schools, and I love my own classroom. Our new house is beautiful and we have all made new friends in the neighborhood. Although the neighborhood is full of lovely people, we’ve still been looking into the benefits of security screen doors and windows. Safety is really important to us, especially since we have little kiddies running around all the time. I’m not sure whether we’ll get some security screens installed but it’s good to know that the option is there for us! Lots of home improvement projects are coming guys! This new life is slowly becoming a happy comfort.

As for starting film photography, I have to admit I am loving new. Yes, it is intimidating and half of the time I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing, but it makes me happy. And excited. And the anticipation of getting my scans and looking at them is definitely a new I will always want. What new things happened for you this past year and what new plans or events are you looking forward to?

Maite Pons was born and raised in Spain but lives in California. She is a mama, a self taught photographer, and a teacher.
To see more of her work, please visit her instagram, her website, and her vsco grid.