When I’m asked to describe my “creative process,” my mind usually spins for a second while I attempt to approximate an answer that alludes to a clean, compartmentalized, “thing” I do to formulate ideas, and will them into existence as photographs. But the real process is not truly ever simple enough to articulate. The fact is, I’m thinking about stories, living in a state of ideas, of characters, and cars, and locations, even as I may be putting on my swim goggles or throwing salmon on the grill at the end of the day, and any number of things in between. Art, process, life, swimming, skiing, hiking, grilling, movies, podcasts, sleep. I often say “it’s all one thing,” and it’s true. I do spend time in my studio, of course, but only the tiniest sliver or fraction of anything is created within those walls. Making pictures happens simultaneously with all of life, all the ups and the downs, throughout everything I do, and across every activity. That’s how we landed on the name “Trail Log” for this Substack. The trail is wherever my day leads, wherever my mind wanders, past, present, future, or fiction. So, you’ll get an inside view into shooting pictures here. But you’ll also spend time with me in nature, on travels, with friends, and alone. It’s all one thing.
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