Stop planning, start doing.

You can spend all your time planning, but you haven't accomplished anything if you never actually do the thing.

I am a big supporter of just getting out with a camera and shooting.

The above photo is part of a set that I did last year for my friend's brand, called Relentless.

We had just finished breakfast with all of our friends. I had about an hour before i had to head back home, and we all had our cars with us. I don't remember who wanted to shoot, but I happily obliged.

I didn't choose the location, and hadn't planned anything.

But I had my camera, and that's all I needed.

Heart full, head empty.

Like driving a car, you know how to take a picture after a while. It becomes second nature. Iou just need to let it flow.

It was a bright sunny day, so I was compensating by putting the cars in the shade, and I had squeezed 4 cars under the bridge.

It's happened by accident, but I enjoy the look of shooting in soft sunlight. I've tailored my editing style to it, and the way the highlights bloom is satisfying to me.

By the time spring rolls around every year, I am itching to use my camera again.

I often get in a rut during the months of December to March. Too much time looking at my work, and too much time planning makes me lose sight of what I love.

Like anyone else, I love planning. Notebooks full of to do lists, graphs for where I want to take my content, ideas for new series, big projects that take years to complete. But those are just plans. What I've actually done is a little different.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

I've posted hundreds of photos and cinematic videos.

I started my documentary work with a large project, a documentary about my local car scene. then it expanded to two documentary series, one on the shows, and one about the owners of these cars.

But more important than what I did is that I did it.

I don't have a good reason for why this photoshoot stands out in my mind. For all intents and purposes, it shouldn't.

I feel like we all get stuck in our own heads.

"I'm not good enough."

"Maybe if I plan a bit more, then I'll break through."

"This to do list, once I finish it, I'll achieve my goals."

The trick, and the hard part, is to get out of your own head and into the real world.

The unfortunate truth is that nothing matters more than time behind a camera. Not the year you've done it, but the amount of time actually spent learning your camera, your tools. Being in the moment and creating art, letting it flow through you, that's what matters.

Saalt out.