The last time I posted on my blog, I was announcing my upcoming residency at the Rockaway Hotel and Baxter Street Camera Club in the Rockaways. beach photography on July 8th as part of my Rockaway residency. It’s now early October and I am sitting back down to post an update.
I took a much longer break from updating my blog than I had intended. The best and worst thing about working for yourself is that no one is holding you accountable to deadlines except yourself.
So I gave myself all the excuses to putting off more posts. I even had reasons to share more news; the success of my residency, the photos I was taking, the panel I hosted, the books and prints sold in June and July. In August, I hosted a workshop at Brooklyn Film Camera and another book signing at the Rockaway Hotel’s Supply Shop, and I was part of a group show at SohoPhoto Gallery in early September. Yet I couldn’t muster a few words to share that with you here.
It finally hit me that I have hit a real wall of event fatigue, and it’s time for a pause. I love events so much that it took me a minute to admit to myself that I need some time to breathe, rest, & recalibrate. And to let go of the worry that people won’t forget you or your work if you do take a pause.
Since May 2022, I have taken part of seven book signings, two solo artist talks, two group artist panels, taught three workshops, held three solo shows, two group shows, one month-long artist residency, mailed out over150 books, and shot about 50 weddings and 25 portrait sessions. Finally having taken stock of this recipe for burnout, it’s time I slow down for a little while.
I also thought, ‘surely people must be getting sick of getting of my newsletters and posts or coming out to my events’. Whether that’s true or not, thank you for reading and thank you for joining me over the last year and a half. It’s meant so much to me. To close this long-winded post about finally taking some down time, I am thrilled to share that almost 800 Beach Lovers books have sold of my first edition run of 1000. I think all those events were worth it.
I plan to share some photo updates soon. Thank you for being here.
