There are so many cliches running through my head.
“What a whirlwind.”
“Time has gotten away from me.”
“What do you mean I haven’t talked to you in ten years?”
There’s very few of these that can accurately describe the confluence of events that has created the exhaustion I sometimes feel.
It’s one of those indescribable feelings that everyone just sort of understands and, for the most part, feels.
It hasn’t busy in a bad way, for me, thankfully.
I was able to get on the field during the Portland Pickles baseball game last week, I set up a photo shoot for the middle of July, I’ve had some tattoo work done, and I’m still working full time for a company I enjoy.
That said, the pace has been high.
So, like the dummy I am, I’m going to increase the pace a little bit.
I miss writing.
There’s something about it that gives me a sense of accomplishment when I actually sit down and write a few paragraphs. It’s harder, for me, to write than it is to take photos.
In part, it’s because I’m harder on myself when it comes to writing. I HAVE to make each piece the best thing I’ve written so far. With photography, I WANT to make each shot the best I’ve taken so far.
It’s a subtle difference but it’s enough that writing drains me in a way that photography doesn’t. I get excited about photo shoots and procrastinate when it comes to writing.
That said, I’m going to commit to writing more often. For now it’ll be once or twice a week.
I’ll have some stories about photoshoots or things I’ve learned about photography, myself, and life in general.
Writing through the lens of photography (no pun intended), will give me a little bit more focus (I swear, I’m not doing this on purpose) in what I write about.
I hope you’ll join me as I figure things out as a photographer and as a person.
For those of you that have stuck around and been waiting for me to do this more often, thanks for sticking around and I apologize for taking so long to do it.
You’re all great people.
Keep your feet moving