I have more project ideas than I know I can ever complete in my lifetime. That said, I am starting to get into a workflow of working on about two to three projects at the same time. The first is in development, and I'm writing about what I want to achieve with the project. I'm planning the trips or the workshops I want to attend. What type of work do I want to create, and what is the end product going to be? The second is in the shooting phase. I'm out there making the photos and doing the work. This phase takes a while and is full of self doubt. I sometimes don't start when I think I should and don't always work when I say I will. The third is the work has been shot, and I'm trying to piece it all together into something that makes sense. I'm making test prints and dummy books. I'm working through my thoughts and trying to sort out the work I thought I was making from the work I actually made.

Some projects zip right on through and speed run the process because they are for someone else and I need to get the work out there. Others sit in the various stages for way longer than I would like. The important part for me is that I am always working on something and always trying to push at least one thing forward. When all else fails and I'm not feeling very creative, I like to just wander around with my camera and my notebook and think about new projects that might spark something. I don't start on them or jump from project to project. I just write them down and add them to my backlog when I have a free spot for planning. Plan → Shoot → Print is the current motto.

When it comes to printing, I've been thinking a lot about quarterly and bi-annual magazines. Magazines that highlight other creatives' work or explore some other topic. Offscreen and Mountain Gazette are two that I absolutely adore. They have personality, and while Offscreen has long been out of print and transitioned into more of a newsletter, the books show the progression of learning how to tell stories and learning how to print.

Random thoughts as I've just sent the Zoey book to Blurb for hardcover print and am working to tackle my backlog for the scooter project. I'm thinking a magazine for the scooters. Something that lets me print it as cheaply as possible and get it out to folks. Highlighting the tensions between micro-mobility and what happens when critical transportation is privatized.