A Break

Well once again, it's been a long time since I updated my blog. Almost two months actually. This is becoming a tradition if you ask me. Updating once every two months. 

If you follow me on Instagram, you'd know that I have stopped shooting. 
*Gasps* "But why, Sean?!" 
Truth be told, I don't have a clue myself. It's just that the passion for shooting has died, sort of. And it's not the first time it's happened. Back when I was shooting streets, I had a period when I just didn't feel like shooting anymore. Next thing I know, I was shooting portraits like nobody's business. Maybe it had gotten too serious. After all, I started off shooting portraits just for the fun of it. To have fun, to laugh about the weird poses I make my models do. But somehow, somewhere along the way, it got a little serious. Shoot after shoot, it was packed, it was busy, it was tiring. There was a need to keep shooting. But yet every shoot felt more or less the same somehow. The same poses, just a different model, a different background. I was shooting for the sake of shooting. 

The only shoots where I really pushed myself, where I tried to create something weirder than the previous, were my shoots with Randell. I never really know what I'm doing though, I just wanted something cinematic. The only shoot I ever had a concept? It was the banana shoot with Randell. Every other shoot I never really had a clue of what I was doing. Which is how I ended up shooting for the sake of shooting. I didn't have the time to think beforehand what I wanted. 

Hence, I decided to stop shooting portraits entirely for the time being. To take a much needed break once again. That is not to say I won't shoot at all, if I see nice light or something interesting, I will always take snapshots. If a close friend of mine wants me to help take some photos, I'm always happy to help. 

I just... want to take a break. To free up my weekends so I can spend more time with the people I love. To write a little more, to breathe a little more.