I almost didn’t go.
Four hours is a long drive for an event. Especially when you’re running an agency, there’s a kid at home, and your to-do list has its own to-do list. But something about this one felt different. Maybe it was the fact that I couldn’t remember the last time I picked up my camera for no reason other than wanting to.
The thing nobody tells you about turning your passion into your work. You’re going to lose the passion but you can still go find it.
Sony brought their Creative Space On the Road series to Charleston and I pulled up with my a7III and no brief, no client, no deliverable. Just a city I love and an afternoon that belonged to nobody but me.
Athena was our model for the photo walks. And she was extraordinary in that specific way that makes you forget you’re supposed to be thinking about settings. The Spanish moss. The marsh light. The way Charleston holds gold in the air differently than anywhere else I’ve been. She moved through all of it like she belonged to it.
I shot motion blur on purpose. I let moments go slightly soft. I was chasing feeling more than sharpness — and that felt like coming home to something.
The thing nobody tells you about turning your passion into your work. You're going to lose the passion but you can still go find it.
