I recently read a post from a textile artist named Lisa Call about what she’s learned from blogging, and number four on the list was the item that spoke most directly to me:

“I’ve learned more about myself and my art through my consistent writing on the topic than through just about any other method.”

So thank you, to the few readers who have stuck around in the short time since I retired the photoblog. This recent change started with the need to write a statement about my work for a submission to a publication. As I was struggling with that bit of writing, I realized that I needed more clarity on why I am drawn to take the kind of pictures I take, and I that I need a lot of help in communicating those ideas to the world at large.

Consider this a great big experiment: for one year, I am going to document my photographic process out loud and let you read along, for better or for worse. I’m going to start later this week by logging the entire physical process of taking pictures, from start to finish. I am going to begin with some equipment selection, I’m going to talk a bit about location, and then on to taking some pictures. Then I’ll go through through developing, editing, and processing the film, and finally creating the final prints. Hopefully this might be illuminating to someone—who knows, maybe somebody who is just learning to shoot black and white film, or wants to know a little bit more about scanning. But I’m really looking for help here, too. If anyone decides to follow along, I’d love your comments along the way.

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