I guess it is time for an About Me

Long story short my name is Jon and I am a failed photographer.

Short story Long, my name is Jon and I am a photography hobbyist.

I always loved photography and what it really is. Capturing moments in time and having physical memories.

My mom had a really old Polaroid camera when I was little and shooting and seeing the photo in minutes was a really awesome thing.

I got to use my own disposable camera when I was in 3rd grade and being able to shoot whatever I wanted with an entire roll I felt like such a badasss.

After that all I wanted was to take and create photos.

Fast forward 20+ years later and I have been taking and editing photos since.

I have started shooting film again and even scanning my own negatives.

Bringing back memories from old negatives or even seeing faces you have been unable to see for a very long time.

I think of it as ‘‘taking’’ a photo of someone you can no longer photo and while that is upsetting it is also so beautiful.

99% of my work is with digital photos but recently this year (2024) I have started shooting film and scanning so that is why I have included so much of it.

I am really good about leaving things out or jumping all over the place and was told I needed to add some more to this so here goes.

I hyper fixate on doing and learning things. I have a lot of hobbies which most are expensive, I would say photography hands down wins at being the most expensive.

I love learning and understand that I am learning and I love challenging myself and also understand that I am but with that being said I am also very hard on myself when I sometimes don’t have to be. That doesn’t change it though.

I say I am a failed photographer because well I have spent the last few years consistently upgrading my equipment, getting better at contrast, better at editing and color grading, and it is almost impossible for me to give away sessions for free. I have Mae myself be ok with this.

I don’t use social media, mostly because I always compared myself to others and reflected my work and mental state off of likes and reactions and that’s not what photography should be about. It’s not about how well you do, it’s not this person doing better. It’s about admiring others work, appreciating their techniques, capturing the moments you want to remember, like your child crawling for the first time, a special little vacation you went as all out as you could on. Giving yourself photos that in a month, a year, 5 years, you can look back on and remember those moments.

One day, when I am gone, my kids are grown and they have kids of their own they will see all the beautiful photos I took of their parent growing up and those photos to them will give them memories to reflect on and share. That is what photography is to me. This went from an about me to a what I think about photography didn’t it..

Oh well, this is who I am. Someone that is all over the place Wirth anything and everything all of the time. This is a perfect example why videos are so difficult to make and keep together haha.

Skip to present day and I am a very fortunate and lucky father of two raising a little girl and a little duhde (spelled that way on purpose) with my best friend (dick that said I spelled dude wrong) trying my best to capture all of our moments.

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