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2025 in photos. I felt like 2025 asked "hey—all those lessons you've learned and all that healing you've done—are you su...
12/27/2025

2025 in photos. I felt like 2025 asked "hey—all those lessons you've learned and all that healing you've done—are you sure? Did you really mean it?"

1. January: An average temp of 6°F for my time in NY sent me further down the path of taking even less photos and being more intentional on photowalks.

I took exactly zero photos in February.

2. March. I shot sunsets and beaches back in Florida. I love all the implied metaphors of this photo.

3. April. I saw a story before me and clicked. Another step into less snapping, more intention.

4. May. Boston. Not a great photo, but this is how I felt. Glued to the bottom of a dark chasm.

5. June. I chose this frame because it's so dualistic. I felt then that all of it could go either way—I was truly lost.

6. July. The first time I light painted on film. This was a literal light in a dark time.

August. Zero photos. Let's just not talk about August.

7. September. I returned to NY and took measures to course correct. The scene and photo made me realize that ANYTHING can be alchemized. I left NY knowing without a doubt I was going to climb up again.

8. Zero photos in October. This was taken November 1st on my last-ever photowalk in Boston. This frame sums up how I feel about Boston. This is when the most important part of becoming more intentional happened. I realized when something becomes redundant, whether it's part of my art or something else in life—it no longer serves my highest purpose. Let it go and do not look back.

9. November. Took this walking through Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. I realized photography was genuinely bringing me joy again, but only if I felt challenged or moved. I briefly considered quitting, but instead vowed to only pick up a camera when I have something to say with it.

10. December. My first murmuration photo. It felt like magick in the moment.

Ten frames to highlight the year. I'm grateful to still be here. Thankful for the connections I have. I'm not one to go on about time or calendars, but I'm happy to see 2025 off. Into the next—less talk, more action and creation. Thanks for reading. Much love 🫶

Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Enjoy your time—don't let anything dim your shine. Taking a few days. Definitely will b...
12/23/2025

Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Enjoy your time—don't let anything dim your shine. Taking a few days. Definitely will be back to make a wrap up the year post. Love each other. Be kind to yourself 🫶

Lake Tohopekaliga, 20 December 2025Happy Solstice 🩶
12/21/2025

Lake Tohopekaliga, 20 December 2025
Happy Solstice 🩶

Reframe your perspective.Enjoy the weekend 🫶
12/19/2025

Reframe your perspective.

Enjoy the weekend 🫶

And the band played on. The sun continued to set and rise. Life went on, indifferent to the broken hearts and plotlines....
12/15/2025

And the band played on. The sun continued to set and rise. Life went on, indifferent to the broken hearts and plotlines. Somewhere, an observer smiled softly. "Always a hook to find", he thought.

This Fuji Xt5 and I sure have a complicated relationship, but look how I can bend light around droplets with her...Much ...
12/13/2025

This Fuji Xt5 and I sure have a complicated relationship, but look how I can bend light around droplets with her...

Much love 🫶

Beyond all shadow of doubt...Wishing all a great week 🫶
12/09/2025

Beyond all shadow of doubt...
Wishing all a great week 🫶

Sunrise over Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida 4 December, 2025Far, far from where I was on 5 December, 2022.Grateful. Don't wa...
12/05/2025

Sunrise over Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
4 December, 2025

Far, far from where I was on 5 December, 2022.
Grateful. Don't wait to be here now.

Much love 🫶🏴‍☠️

Taken yesterday morning, with the kind of light that makes nature stop and throw a party. Minimally edited. Existence ju...
12/02/2025

Taken yesterday morning, with the kind of light that makes nature stop and throw a party. Minimally edited. Existence just throwing a party, because it can. Time to shine.

I am light, but I am also darkness. The Alpha and Omega—my own ending, which I alone can transmute to a beginning. My fl...
11/29/2025

I am light, but I am also darkness. The Alpha and Omega—my own ending, which I alone can transmute to a beginning. My flame I willingly surrender to the river—the one that can carry me far beyond the desert of right and wrong—to an infinite now. My flame surrenders, but it will never bow. I am one—but I am also one of boundless legion. I know these torches we carry will one day multiply beyond measure—igniting the night forever.

Beyond a new sun...Taken 25 November, 2025Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
11/26/2025

Beyond a new sun...

Taken 25 November, 2025
Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida

"The colours aren't right, it looks fake! It's over-edited!" Many of us hear this often, but why do we do it? Put simply...
11/25/2025

"The colours aren't right, it looks fake! It's over-edited!" Many of us hear this often, but why do we do it? Put simply—the photographer is trying to make you feel something.

Plenty of room for purism, of course—I barely touch my film photographs. Some people do, all a personal preference. Why do I often choose to bend tones and colours so extremely?

I can't make you feel the sun on your skin, or how the breeze made the moment feel complete. The smells don't come through the screen at you—and a SOOC photo might never tell the story of just how perfectly those shadows danced around the rays of light.

I bend reality to make the viewer feel like they are there—feeling what I felt—or even better, feeling something completely different. Because it's art. Would you tell Monet his paintings aren't remotely believable as being based on reality?

I know, somebody would.
Much love 🫶🏴‍☠️

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