i feel like i’m creating the best work of my life... and no one is seeing it. early last year, i realized that i had spent so much of the last three or so years attempting to chase trends and create content based on what other people were doing. and even though it wasn’t resonating with me, i kept plugging away because it was performing. i was burned out and hated pretty much every single thing i posted. i pivoted to posting more of what made me happy at a significantly slower cadence and, though i’ve been feeling so inspired, my reach and engagement have tanked and my growth has fully stalled. in fact, i have the exact same number of followers today as i did a year ago. i don’t share that for pity; it’s just a reality i’ve had to accept because i stopped “playing the game.” something i’ve learned over the last year is that the point of showing up online is to show up as my entire self. my work and creative outlets can be separate areas of my life that coexist on my public-facing platforms because they both make up the whole person who sits behind this profile. anyway, if you’ve made it this far in this caption and have hung around long enough for me to figure all this out over the last year, i’m so grateful for you. thanks for cheering me on and making me feel like i’m not just screaming into a void. here’s to being 100% ourselves, on and offline, and creating what makes us happy 🌼 this carousel is full of some of my favorite photos i’ve ever taken, from a sunset walk at point dume in malibu. first shot captured by the talented @kriskameron_ on my contax t2. i shot the rest on both the contax and my pentax super program on kodak ultramax 400 with three different tiffen lens filters for effects.