The Past Few Years 2020-2022 and Going into 2023

So a lot went on these past few years. I started to blog about Vortographs and never really expanded upon how to make your own or anything. With everything returning to normal I may continue down that route although I mentioned selling prints in a previous blog posting and that specifically is on the docket to get done in 2023. I should have pushed it more in 2020,2021, and 2022 although so much has happened in those three years it was hard to photograph for myself or even work on other stuff other than surviving.

So in 2020, I had 3 total jobs one included a LOT of editing on a daily basis. Then going into 2021 and 2022 I landed something that was a huge blessing. Beyond getting my first house which has the space I need for a normal studio I landed a career that allows me to be able to experiment and afford more photography related things so I can finally focus on what I love and what matters instead of trying to struggle to get by.

This is a huge step, since I moved back to Arizona in late 2019 it has been a huge struggle for me mentally to photograph and to keep on the things that I loved to do rather than just fight to survive. Since things have normalized out now I am hoping on expanding into the future and doing a ton of work for everyone that enjoys what I create and so I can enjoy what I create.

So the hopeful plan for 2023 is to get a commerce chunk of the website live with affordable prints and some nicer metal ready to hang prints ready. I have had the ability to get these made previously but not the capital. Along side I want to attempt to get 1-2 personal shoots done a month. This one is the harder goal to accomplish but from what I learned over the years if I can get back into the groove this will be a good amount of work to hopefully get me started.

Lets kick 2023 off with a bang and get back into our work grind.