About 3-4 months ago I embarked on a holiday to sunny Perth to visit a close friend who had move around a year earlier. Long story short, I fell in love with the city, the relaxed vibe and the business opportunities for me. Being the time of my life where I can make a huge decision and not look back I bought a one way ticket for the 10th of April.
The lead up to April 10th was interesting, mixed emotions, days where it couldn’t come sooner and days where I wasn’t sure I was making the right call! I had my photo booth in Melbourne running smoothly and someone ready to take it out for me in my absence!
With the whole photography thing not really working for me, issues of not being able to be productive, a fresh heart break and uncertain what I wanted todo for the rest of my life I went over in search of widening my tool belt, a full time job in the print industry with my photo booth as a weekend thing.
I can tell you now, I miss my old free lancing/no money life. I was just lost and needed to take a step back and look at the whole picture. I needed to get my head straight and this move has done that perfectly for me.
The first few weeks I loved it, didn’t think I would leave! took maybe 3 weeks before the home sickness set in, a week off on a road trip with a close friend to realise what I needed todo for myself, my career and how I was going to make my mark on the world.
I this week of road tripping and really the weekend before where I was doing some photos of my cousin for her formal, I found my self enjoying photography again.. this had disappeared and was what was missing from the picture.
Lauren before her formal
Lauren before her formal
So after a lot of thought, a break from photography and slowly easing back into it I have found a rhythm that is working for me, I have goals and an always changing plan on what the next year or so, and this picture excites me.
Seán xo
