So this maybe a bit of a rant and if it comes across like this I have given you fair warning 😁

Is social media actually discoursing?

Ok so this is just my thoughts on this.

I think it is a case where it is just a highlight reel for everyone. I'm not sure about you but my social feed is just constant highlight after highlight after highlight. I now just primarily follow 3-5 people as they actually don't flood my feed ever single day and even though they have thousands of followers but they just focus on the work flow and they may post to social media once a week or even longer & I like that. It means they take the time on their work and are not racing to get the next post up.

For me personally I find myself like stretch armstrong

I have been working on a few images and letting them sit (marinating) and I go back to them. I find it a great process for my work and it helps me see things I’ve missed 1st time around. But this is my dilemma, I love this method but then when I see everyone posting couple of times a week I can feel the pressure of wanting to keep up. So, that can be my issue with social media. Also for people who are magicly fake on it and buying the following boosting their numbers by bots. Ah sure thats just my own thoughts on it. Also and this will be the last thing on this subject for me is that why do people find it hard to share other peoples work especially people with a low following. I see photographers share other photographers work but then not share others. It’s like been in school again if you’re not part of the popular kids you get ignored, But thats life I suppose! that’s my opinion on this subject I did mention that it was going to be a rant but thanks for letting me rant 😁.

On other news, this week I kinda struggled putting this post together. But happy that I was able to put the mind together to actually get it posted. Next week I am away to a weight lifting competition in Limerick so not sure on what post will be up but there will be one.

I’ve read a great quote from a site I follow “Word Porn”

So in reading that thank you for your continued support. 🤘❤️

As I mentioned above next Sunday I am doing a weight lifting competition and a lot of my focus has been going on preparing for that so after that my plan is to be on the camino so there will be a lot more into prepping for that. However I do love reading your comments.

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Ok so here this goes.

This is me documenting my journey.

So let me start off.

Hi my name is Sean, however if you are reading this you probably already know this but its alway nice to introduce yourself.

I currently work in a call centre for a particular financial company ( I will leave it nameless).

Like most people, I go to work deal with my work life then come home (log off with working from home) in the evening and feel mentally drained. Then trying to keep up a balanced health lifestyle from cooking meals, taking the dog out, getting to the gym couple of times a week and then photography.

Unfortunately both my photography and gym work have taken a hit over the pandemic as I just did not feel motivated to go out and shoot. I did a couple of times but nothing major. However I have managed to be lucky enough to have people looking to buy my work so I feel quite excited about that and work on the pieces that they are looking for.

Now I know what you’re thinking.

We all go through this and that I should just suck it up and get on with it and from time to time I do think this. However in saying that, the mental health has been vey up and down for me personally and a few things happening through out the pandemic has been difficult like I sure it has been for everyone and I am not making this a “Oh wowist me” situation.

So that is a bit of the background of me that I can go over but more may come out. This blog is gonna be as I said at the start me documenting my journey and it is designed for the photography/hiking side but I think I will also be as personal as I can be through it.

So with this been my 1st blog post I have been delaying this as I have this odd obsession that I think that it needs to be absolutely perfect and I find with my photography. Ok I have been doing photography a lot longer than this however it is an art form that is alway evolving and everyone is constantly learning.

So I would like to give you advice on what to expect out of these posts, however I can’t at this moment. As I have a lot going through my head. But what I can say is that I am planing to document my hikes and travel although I do not plan on making this a travel blog as there is so many of them out there I believe that it would get lost amongst the masses.

I hope you are going to enjoy this and come along the journey with me. There will be up’s and down’s like everything but looking forward to it.

You can alway find my work on socials below:

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