2025: A year of choosing me
Some years feel full, and others feel foundational. 2025 was the latter.It unfolded slowly at first, then all at once. Miles stacked up. Conversations lingered. Decisions sat heavier than usual. I found myself paying closer attention—not just through the lens, but to everything around it.I spent tim
Throughout the year, the work kept coming. Sports assignments. Story-driven shoots. Moments that demanded instinct and years of experience to get right. Even in a year full of transition, the act of making photographs never stopped anchoring me.
But 2025 wasn’t only about where I went or what I photographed. It was also about how I lived in the spaces in between.
I found new hobbies—simple, grounding ones. I started making frames for my own prints, slowing down the process and reconnecting with the physical side of the work. Measuring, cutting, assembling. Letting my hands do something quiet and deliberate. It became a form of rest and a reminder that not everything needs to be rushed or optimized.
I also set financial and life goals this year—and for the first time, I stuck to them. Not out of pressure, but out of respect for myself and the future I’m building. Clarity replaced anxiety. Intention replaced drift. That alone changed how I move through my days.
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