Projects

Tony Kelts

My next project will be in January 2027. I will be taking pix at a few different Caribbean islands.

Nisah Cheatham

As a hobbyist, I use the term project to help direct or guide outings when I'm feeling in a slump. As such, until I can see that they are close to completion, they'll never be finished 🫣🤦‍♂️🤣

Currently: Bridgehouses and/or Bridges of Chicago, something I'm calling Hopperesque, and something I'm loosely defining as Underbelly of Chicago (alleys, corners, out of the public eye places).

I am about to complete a set of shots to go with a poem that my brother-in-law wrote during a visit to Montana after my mom passed. I just haven't finalized the layout. It will be an ebook with shoots from a hike we took and shoots from my mom's property arranged with the wonderful poem he wrote.

Nate Riggins

Heading to South Dakota sometime this month to take some real estate photos for a client. Doing drone and camera.

Ken Deckinger

Hey Lee - Great post. I don't have a project per se but this summer I'm working on putting together a beach scene collection. Grabbing scenes from beaches in New England like Cape Cod, Maine, etc.

Sarbajit Chakraborty

I would love to do a project. But I feel like I'm a dog seeing a squirrel. I can't focus on a single theme! How do I change that?

Mark Gladding

I decided at the beginning of 2025 that I wanted to do a 4-year zine project. 1 zine a year, observational and documentary. While there's so much churn in the US, I wanted something to let people destress and ground themselves by reminding them that life is still happening.

The 2025 zine is published and in the books. I had a vision and created something according to that vision. Although I liked the results, I found that the vision was a little too confining, so I am going to open it up to be more creative and free-form this year. Too structured and it turns into work, and I really do this for fun. I do have a general structure that I use when deciding where/what to shoot that day, but I treat it as guidelines. AI and I chat about it all the time, lol.

Ralph Berrett

My personal project is doing some street photography, astro photography, glamour, and baseball. I was thinking of doing some nature photography, but I suck at it.

Lee Churchill

@[Tony Kelts](05e3dfe8-455d-4b9a-a08d-8a6b97e33ed4) sounds lovely

Lee Churchill

@[Nisah Cheatham](cf53a09d-1eb6-45e0-b529-06e3bf21aaf4) wow how lovelet and thoughtful

Lee Churchill

@[Nate Riggins](9b83f1a3-a802-40bd-b214-d2f84c0bdb22) nice hope it goes well

Lee Churchill

@[Sarbajit Chakraborty](185b0ac5-48af-471d-98e2-3c6a6602decc) I know what you mean, if you struggle try including the project in with your normal outings this way it will still be enjoyable and not a chore

Lee Churchill

@[Ken Deckinger](c3048578-7544-410e-a042-d00e6ec6333e) cool idea for a theme and a body of work for a project

Lee Churchill

@[Mark Gladding](b1ebb5df-87f0-41d0-bfb1-f5d6da1af0f4) yeah a project should be enjoyable and not a chore unless it’s a paid job, how do you distribute the zine once you’ve made them ?

Ken Deckinger

Thanks! Hopefully I'll have some cool shots to share at the end of the summer!