REFRACTIONARY

I’ve slowed my photography somewhat. Partly it’s for time. I’ve been spending more time peopling and less time photographing. Partly too, I’m feeling a shift. When I started this walk I had a couple of simple goals: (1) To acquire skills I plan to use documenting a very long wilderness trip someday, and (2) to practice different ways of seeing.

In the early days I watched many landscape photographer YouTubes and learned much by first emulating and then taking ownership of their techniques and advice, always with the intention of continuing to grow and be inspired to strike out in new directions. Now, I feel like it’s time to shift and begin the next thing. What about urban photography? What about portraiture? What about… not needing a category? What about the time I spend not behind a camera, but in meditation? How can I bring the intention and creativity I put into my photography into the more mundane activities of life?

So I’m taking fewer photos. But I haven’t halted or paused the project. I’ve just expanded it beyond what I post here.