08/11/2023
I don't remember the last time I truly enjoyed photography in Kansas from a completely relaxed & creative perspective. I always love taking photos, don't get me wrong, but it started to feel like all the photos I was taking were so pressured. It wasn't anything wrong with Kansas itself or the people in it... it was the feeling of being stuck in my own head, I guess.
In my head, I constantly felt pressured to take photos before my kids got a day older. Pressured to capture that sunset juuust right when I was down the road away from all the houses and buildings before the striking colors went away, or the clouds changed... and I didn't know the next time I would see another beautiful sunset like that... but I never brought my camera places with me.
Pressured to capture the most absolute perfect moments for other families (don't get me wrong, I love it, I do - but too much pressure for perfection can turn things previously joyful to mundane lickity split).
All the demands that I CHOSE to put on photography robbed me of the joy in getting my camera out.
A lot of that pressure got left behind in Kansas and lifted up even more so since being out here where life seems to have slowed down a few notches. And I am so, so very thankful.
It seems fitting to reach 1,000 ''likes'' on my photography page as I rediscover my passion for capturing life's beautiful moments.
I am truly humbled by your continued support of my art.
Thank you so very much.