CREATIVITY IS 🪦DEAD🪦

[TL/DR] LOS ANGELES SAVED ME

I know, I know… I know what you’re thinking, “who cares show me the babes you shoot”
Well I promise you, for those who don’t like to read, there will be pictures 😂

I nearly quit in 2022, it was rough as hell. I don’t think any creatives have really come back from the virus that must not be named 🧙🏻‍♂️, but hey I wasn’t ready to let creativity die (oh he said it) but it did, I wasn’t shooting to shoot anymore, I had somewhat stopped my sub site, the HOME for all my passion projects, and it was a baron wasteland of paid work - let’s save the why for another post HA!

So I packed my bags, and told myself, go to LA create and come home and go on an indefinite hiatus, and I publicly said as much. I didn’t push the promo for my trip because who’s going to book with a random guy from Adelaide, Australia? 

So I reached out to Penny who I was fortunate enough to have shot in Australia already, who helped me find a handful more people and formed what a friendship that has so much more foundation then your run of the mill friendship - but we’ll talk about that on the Podcast (when I get off my ass and do it).

So here I am, America - by my fucking self - feeling like this crazy journey of taking photos is about to be thrown into the fires of mordor, all I would have to do is get through this 2 weeks and I can call it that.
“I shot in Los Angeles” that would be my big win for the 8 years I’ve put into. AND let me just say, it’s not A SMALL DEAL is it, but this is where I was at.

I’ll save all the tourist shit for else where (BUT FUCK I LOST MY MIND)

I started my shoots in the National Park they filmed M.A.S.H in (that’s for all my after school tv in australia nerds) with a Playboy model who happened to be on the artwork of one of my favorite albums BUT most importantly someone who has become a treasured friend, Brooke (insert photo of brooke). And ended my trip with an epic location, dive bars and vegan food with one of my favorite people on the planet.

I WAS REBORN

Sat in LAX I was internally yelling at myself, “YOU CANNOT STOP, YOU CANNOT GIVE UP”. I learnt in California, that for creativity to thrive, it needs to do it’s thing, not follow rules, it isn’t born from taking on shoots I have ZERO interest in because “it’s better then a day at my day job”. 

Mood is me, I am Mood

I am the brand, it’s my creative vision, that I help you bring to life. I have got lost, constantly, over 8 years in taking on work because maybe they’ll eventually book me for MY work, not just work. And fuck, that’s never going to happen.

So if you’ve made it to the end of this, THANK YOU, youtube will happen one day, i just don’t have the space to do it, so I appreciate you reading this, and listening to my word vomit.

Stay Moody!