Update on where I'm at.
All it took was a year off, a world pandemic, and Flying halfway around the world for a month-long holiday. To rekindle my passion for photography and find myself again. I have come to realize that I'm not a person who likes being in front of the camera. TikTok and YouTube aren't platforms for me to express myself or communicate. I'm a dyslexic writer who can't spell, and a photographer; that's who I am.
If you have been following me and know me at all, I capture my photography in black and white and with one lens, a 50mm. Anytime I have deviated from those self-imposed restrictions. And when I do I trail off and for some reason stop taking images. I'm back now, for how every long this burst of inspiration will last. I'm so called back to my normal self. Just me and my digital camera that came out in 2012 and a lens that was released in 2004. The gear I'm using is almost hitting the 20-year-old mark. That is all I need, not all I want and desire, but all I need. A Camera, a pen and some paper to jot down my ideas and thoughts.
Anyway, I'm getting off track. I have rekindled my self-imposed rules, and I want to share them with you. So you can hold me accountable and put me back in my place when I stray away from them again. So, here they are:
Black and White
50mm lens
Available light
Kodak Tri-X 400 or a preset equivalent.
Leica M body
Printed photos (damaged, worn, loved)
Those are my self-imposed rules, so please hold me accountable for them. Also, I would like to say I'm not going to be uploading blog posts on a weekly basis; I burned out doing that. I'm just going to upload when I'm inspired or have something of value for you. My main social platform is Instagram @helloabwatson if you want to see my work in digital form.
2023 has been a year, and we all have our moments and waves of inspiration. I hope you are doing well and that you are still taking images and doing what you love. Because we all have lulls in our lives, and I somehow come out of mine unscathed. So I rase my figurative non-alcoholic glass and say a toast. To doing what inspires our creativity.