So it’s definitely been over a year now since I last posted. I’m not really sure why. Life got in the way I guess. Maybe someone told me blogging was stupid. I’m not sure. But either way I’m back. Mostly to give myself an outlet to rant and engage in some petty narcissism by posting photographs I’ve taken.
When I began this blog over a year ago, I didn’t want to have a strict photoblog…after all I have a Flickr. I wanted an outlet for rants and thoughtful writing paired with my photography. I think maybe now, even more than I could last year, that will be possible. I’ve really been pushing myself this year with my photography. I took a road trip from Portland, Ore. to Los Angeles, CA in June and documented every stop on the way. I’ve just kept going ever since, whether my work was for myself, my photojournalism class last semester or my university’s newspaper.
One of my personal goals I’ve been trying to work on the last few months has been to take a closer look at my surroundings. Now, that might seem pretty basic for photography but for me its been a drastic difference in my work and what I aim to do. I’ve been dissecting everything around me…all the layers and the minute details. Focusing on the tiniest aspect of a scene in the forest or the beach or the middle of a crowd in a demonstration and making it beautiful and compelling. Not only has it changed and shaped my photography, it’s also changed my thinking. Each day I continue to push myself to focus on the details of the big picture. The how and the why and the interconnectedness of it all.
So anyway. I guess that’s an overview of what will come in the future, be it artistic photography or photojournalism. Get excited.
[click pictures to link to Flickr page]
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