.September 2024.

If I’m being honest, there was some creative burnout coming off of July & August and into September. The sentiment was summer wind down, while balancing summer send-offs. After all, we’ll sleep when we’re dead right? As the days are becoming shorter, before we know it, we’ll be staring out the window; forehead pressed against a pane of glass, leaning & longing for a place to happen. It’s important to take advantage of the daylight. Though, I do look forward to Autumn as seasons change, looking over the the city & across the lake, as all the colours in-between slowly radiate into reds and yellows. Watching the leaves at High Park slowly sway onto the ground.

[You know, it’s funny. I always write a journal before I create the layout; and it’s amazing how I feel completely different in a very positive manner to what the paragraph below entails regarding a creative slum and internal battles. I’m actually quite impressed with the photos I produced this month; but I will leave the prior scrawling intact and unedited for an honest open letter that shows a swaying but very real contrast - of which, I’m sure I am not alone in.]

When it comes to Art there really aren’t any rules, you create as you see fit, true and authentic to oneself. Yet, you may find yourself stuck in comparison alley, and start that silly internal battle of what is and isn’t good enough. For myself, I’ve been battling shooting with intention. Which is to say that an aspect of street style is to not take generic photos of people walking or standing around. Often I have so many backs or uninteresting photos - but for that moment I felt an intuition to take a photo. Upon journaling here, perhaps this is the cause of the burnout I faced and didn’t hit the streets until the end of the month. And funny enough I still have more than a handful of these shots. Despite wandering around looking for those intimate or extra-ordinary moments, I do like a good fashion shot, followed by you look fantastic compliment. But I still recognize growth within the craft and curating a keener eye for said moments among other compositions within a frame. Not to mention this post-development depression I’ve become too familiar with… sometimes it can take a week before I even find pleasure in my shots, a self inflicted pressure. So please, if you do happen to find yourself here every month. Let me know what shots you enjoyed or didn’t. I’m biased and jaded by my own eyes and my subjective perspective. I would love to know what you like and why, as I can overlook shots! Oddly enough, one of my most favorite shots this month is a pile of cardboard; which represents the mental pile of photographic chaos I try to articulate here and all my thoughts in-between.

As always thank you, enjoy & feedback is always welcome!