The swing of things

It should be said, in case the total lack of updates over the summer wasn’t indication enough: a daily photo blog was maybe a bit ambitious of me.

In the months since my last post here (show recaps aside, and I’m behind even on those), I took a few classes, traveled some, started shooting music for a local alt-weekly, bought some cameras, sold some cameras, etcetera etcetera… I’ve kept busy, you get the gist.

Most importantly, I moved back to the city after an 11-month absence. And now that I’m settled in Squirrel Hill, I’m taking time to re-evaluate some things.

Daily photo blogging is fun in theory but a bit much to keep up with in reality. For as much as I wish I could spend all day, every day making photos, other responsibilities tend to take precedence… never mind the fact that I’m often a human potato. (It’s in my nature, take your judgment elsewhere.)

Weekly photo blogging, though? I can handle that. Maybe even bi-weekly blogging, if I’m feeling saucy.

It also occurred to me that I have yet to talk about film on this blog, which is a little nuts, given that the topic takes up maybe 65% of my brain space on a day-to-day basis. I don’t know yet what those posts will entail… features on various cameras or emulsions? A guide to home developing? Film Fridays, if that’s of interest to anyone? Bueller??? We’ll figure it out, I’m not worried.

Whatever I come up with, I’d like to focus more on the quality of what I’m posting than the frequency. Sharing is good, but so is thinking things through. And there are enough other things in life to stress over—it’s important to me to keep sacred the things I enjoy.

So I’ve got some half-finished drafts to catch up on, a LOT of photos to sort through and share, and even more ideas brewing up in the ol’ gray matter. Not to mention, a slew of shows lined up for September… things are about to get real busy real fast. All the more reason to make time for the little moments.