Rob. Works + Thoughts

I’ll start off by saying that I’m not big on words. I use them when I need to, and I’m sure Lauren thinks that I never stop talking. But when it comes to people and expressing my opinions and thoughts to others, I’m generally pretty shy. I’m not sure why really, but I’ll save speculation about such causes for another post sometime in the distant future.

I’ve started this blog because I have something to say. I guess that’s the reason why most people start blogs. The last time I posted regularly to a blog was when I met Lauren five years ago. Then, as now, I was going through a pretty transformative period in my life. When I look back on it now, I can see that only good things came from it (I met Lauren!) even though at the time it took me so long to think about what I wanted to say/write. Things have changed now though and photography has provided another medium with which to share thoughts and ideas.

If it were solely about sharing though I don’t think I would be writing this post. Over the past four years Lauren and I have maintained a professional blog at www.robandlauren.ca the sole purpose of which was to share recent work. Actually it was just Lauren doing the blogging! I always wanted to be a more active participant with that blog but the content I thought about posting never seemed to fall into the unofficial guidelines of recent work, it would always be something more random.

I’ve never thought that such a random collection of ideas, thoughts, and photographs would make for good material to share. However, over the past four years I’ve had the opportunity to really fall in love with photography. What I realized about myself (in relation to photography, and likely the rest of the world) is that my perceptions will always be an ever-evolving collection of random ideas and thoughts. I’ve realized the necessity in embracing such chaos and more importantly exploring it.

This will be a journal about exploration. I have goosebumps about this being the beginning, but I guess this all started a long time ago. So for this first post I just wanted to thank all the people who helped me get to this point, who were patient with me, believed in me, and who let me photograph them. Chances are that if you’re reading this you’re one of those people.

And of course none of this would be possible without Lauren. She is the one who designed this blog, but more than that she’s the one who provided the most encouragement of all. I love her so much :)