“What am I taking photos for?”

Truly, the biggest mistake i have made getting into photography thus far is selling off the last of my micro four thirds cameras recently. A common maxim among people in the hobby :" the best camera is the one you have on you”. Most days when I leave the house, I pick up a camera bringing it with me wherever i go. I have lost sight in myself why I had committed to such a practice and continue to do so.

My journey began with how most people startand co[ntinue to drive them to enjoy photography, which could be more accurately be described as a hobby to shop. After purging the constant desire to purchase new equipment, I started riding on a flow, understanding what I truly enjoyed consuming and capturing.

The next step was to lean into my enjoyment and start to move with intention. But with time, I started moving as if I was on autopilot. Having the comfort of a rythm, a habit. I lost my time allocated to moving with intention to other priorities in life. Out of the newly formed habit, the camera had always stayed with me. More frequently, the only time I had to take photos became the moments in between my own moments, the transit and journey between my life.

“Was this enough?”

“Was I still enjoying what I was doing?”

I do wish I had more intentional moments to enjoy the process of taking photos without the concept and retrain of time. But It was still any spare moment I could spare. I created the time between to look and appreciate the world around me,