A fresh start.

So this has been a LONG time in the making. I have grown tired of mainstream social media. For years Instagram was my primary place to post my work, however in recent years I have watched the site crumble around me. Meta was never content with Instagram just being a place to share photos, to them it was the site to incubate new ways to push media out. In 2016 we saw stories their attempt to clone snap chat and its honestly gone down hill from there. Every time I post new work to Instagram I am immediately swarmed with Russian bots and pages offering to ‘boost’ my content (for a modest fee of course). This was fine for a time, I didn’t post all that often and scrolled through the feed even less. Then in 2023 I left work after a mental health breakdown and found myself diving back into photography in a big way. I met some new incredible people in a local photo chat I was invited to join. Being around other people who are as passionate about the art and the gear of photography convinced me to buy a used D300 and start shooting again. I recently started a new job and the time seemed perfect to make a fresh start on a platform I control. So here we go. Welcome to lazydmedia.com!