It’s pretty crazy how the last time I updated this was back in early February of 2018. 2-3 years prior to the Covid -19 pandemic. I decided to stop shooting for quite a while, not because of covid, but because I kind of lost track of it. Things were getting very busy leading up to the pandemic with work, my personal life, and etc. I’m not really blaming those things for putting a halt to what I love doing. I kind of put it on the backburner to focus on those other things as a priority. It’s funny because I just had a talk with a friend about how this pandemic kind of told people to SLOW DOWN… nevertheless it made me slow down. I forgot how to enjoy the moment and to really take my time and capture the things that surround me: my environment, the people around me, my daily routine, and just doing the things I love.
Getting back in to shooting photography or film rather was sudden. I didn’t think I’d get back into it so quickly and how expensive it’s gotten even in the last two years. But a friend contacted me and asked me for advice on what kind of camera to get and so forth. The more I talked about analog film, I started to really dive into the deep end once again. As soon as you know it my motivation and all these past ideas started to light a fire in me. I started to look for a new (used) camera(s) and ended up getting two old film point and shoot cameras. The Konica Big Mini & Contax T3 (Yikes, if you know anything about the film game right now…I know — that’s another story).
I’m always surrounded by photos whether it’s digital, film, printed flyers, ID cards, you name it. And getting myself back into shooting again feels such a nice revelation after this long past year. I wish I documented more last year, but I’m glad I’m back on the right track again with the same old goals and new ones for the future me. As for now here’s to continuing projects with a newfound motivation because at the end of the day, I never felt out of love.
