I love working with clients, but I really really have fun working on personal projects. During quarantine, not being able to connect with people and work creatively affected me a lot. After two weeks of trying to cope with the new mental space I was in, I finally had the idea to try doing a shoot via Facetime. It was something I thought could be fun and challenging, but also would give me a way to connect with people I had been wanting to work prior to quarantine, but just didn’t have the time. That part of it all was very important to me because it made me feel like I was working on something in spite of quarantine and not because of quarantine. In saying it that way, it felt defiant, and made me feel like I was in control of something again. Lastly, it was important that the images still felt interesting to me despite being taken via Facetime. I know that using an unconventional tool adds an extra degree of difficulty but I didn’t want people to need that piece in order to think it was good.

Being in quarantine has made me slow down in all aspects of all my life, including how I approach shooting. I’m thankful for the lesson, and hoping to continue finding new ways to challenge myself in the days ahead!