As Slow as Dishes with a Toddler

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The Enloe Creative is getting a makeover.

But between parenting and sailboat-buying (it happened, more on that soon) and my busiest spring photography season to date, the makeover is progressing at the speed of doing dishes with a toddler.

Like Maggie, peering over the sink, rinsing utensils one at a time, for 20 seconds each, before carefully piling them in a fashion that will certainly crash to the floor.

And the questions.
“Where is the water going, Dada?”
“Into a tube under the sink.”
“Can I see?”
…under the sink
“Where is the tube going, Dada?”
…big pause. I consider what lie I might tell that doesn’t involve us going into the crawlspace with a headlamp.

This is the pace of everything these days.

While a new look is exciting for me, I know that it doesn’t actually matter a whole lot to you. But what does matter is how I show up here, in Adventures Big & Small, and that’s changing too.

For years, this has been a weekly letter where I talk about our life, about our transition from San Francisco to a dirt road and chickens out here in West Marin, and about how it all shows up in the way I photograph your family.

The intention isn’t changing, but the cadence is. As this business gets busier, I don’t want these letters to get thinner. I want them to get deeper, richer. So expect Adventures Big & Small every other Sunday.

On the Sundays in between, I’m trying something new, but you will only see it if you’re signed up to get Inspiration Series alerts.

You’ve heard about the Inspiration Series by now. Seasonal or activity-based photography experiences that are only offered when they make sense. A certain number of minutes before sunset, on the rare negative-low tide, or when I get my hands on the impossible Steep Ravine cabin reservation.

On the Sundays in between Adventures Big & Small, I’ll send a roundup that will include…

This week. An experience happening in the next 10 days. Like Portraits at the Conservatory of Flowers on May 1st.

Just added. A new experience I’m excited to share. Often a “beta” session where you can save and I can build my portfolio. Like Sundown in the Tall Grass

Field notes. Things I’ve noticed. Places I’m finding inspiration. Like hearing wind chimes in the garden as the Spring winds begin, and about how it might be time to create a kite-flying session.

That’s it for today. See you Sunday after next.
– David

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