Starting over...

I am trying something new. I want to detach from the noise. I want to log off. I don't want to play the game anymore, especially when the goalposts move so frequently. I can't keep up, and I don't care anymore.

I want to rethink how my business connects with people. I want to rethink my presence on the internet. I want to rethink my presence on Social Media. I have always enjoyed writing, but I have been too busy scrolling my phone and worrying about numbers to actually do it.

I don't know if this is going to work. I don't know if this will negatively impact my business. (It probably will, at least for a while.) But I don't care. I don't want to be a part of what's going on anymore.

I want to use this outlet to write about photography, specifically wedding photography for now, and how covering these stories for other people impacts my own story. I want to talk about how photographing weddings affects how I photograph my own family. I want to talk about how photographing my family affects how I photograph weddings.

I want to talk about the art of noticing. I want to share things that matter to me. And I want to do it apart of the algorithms that dictate our day to day lives and as a result inform the policy that shapes our future. I don't know if that will be entirely possible, but it can't hurt to try.

I don't want this to be doom and gloom. There is so much beauty out there, and I have the opportunity to document some of it. I want to document more of it. I want to tell my story, my family's story, my friend's stories, my city's story, client's stories, etc.

I don't know what I am getting at here. Maybe I am jumping the gun. I wrote this today in a hurry while it was fresh on my mind, and before I could change it. Aren't you supposed to be really intentional with things like this? Maybe get a few posts under your belt before launch? I don't know. Don't care! Won't make a difference!

Here we are. We're doing it! Would mean a lot to me if you'd follow along. We can figure this out together.