Much like most of the world at this point I continue to self-quarantine at home. I fully admit this has put me in a strange headspace. On one hand, I’ve always been a fairly introverted person and I relish in alone time, not to mention love having all the time in the world to work on projects. On the other hand, with so many people scared and uncertain I’m really not feeling all that creative.
In order to keep some sense of normalcy going on however I’ve made it a point to do something photography related every single day. Mostly this means developing film and editing images. This images comes from my latest photoshoot with Devi which we did back in January. It was an incredibly quick session which we did around eight o’clock in the morning in a hotel room in downtown Portland. I was lucky to have some fairly decent natural light coming in through the window which is a bit of a small miracle considering it was January. Traditionally overcast in January is so thick in Portland that early morning hours are pretty dark. I did have to use a tripod though as I was photographing this at around 1/15th of a second wide open at f/2.8.
I’ve also made it a point to type at least one physical letter a day. Most of the time I’ve been writing letters to politicians, local, state, and federal. In part because I feel like now is probably the most important time the average person can speak out and also in part because I just simply want the excuse to use my typewriters. Considering I seem to have all the time in the world right now I might as well use it constructively.
Over the next few days I also plan on loading some film in a camera and making some images. I’m not quite sure what I’m going to undertake as a subject matter as of now. Maybe some self portraits. Obviously getting outdoors and working with a model is not much of an option right now. However, sometimes making art is about working with what is available to you. That’s an important thing to keep in mind. Especially right now.