Recently I’ve had a string of really cool things happen, I was showcased in a local magazine for their Spring 2023 issue, I’ll be hanging up my work for all to see at a local restaurant in May, and I took 50+ of my photos to be voted down to 10 by friends and family (which would be displayed at the restaurant). All are awesome, and all contributed to something else that I realized I love doing, talking about my photos.
This will be the start of a series I’ll be calling “Behind the Photo”, where I’ll start out talking about the 10 photos to be displayed on the Featured Artist wall at El Mariachi, and if it’s well received I’ll continue writing about other photos as well. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably already seen and read where I’ll be going with this endeavor. For those of you that don’t follow me though, don’t worry, I’ll be taking what I wrote over on Instagram and elaborating on it even more so. So let’s kick it off with #1 of Behind the Photo, shall we?
“Natural Chaos”
Taken at the top of Wallace Falls, located in Gold Bar, on April 30th 2022.
This photo has a special meaning to me, more so than just an amazing image depicting the chaos of nature, or the fact that it was taken shortly after my birthday. This photo marks a starting off point for Grimlock Media. After hiking to the top of Wallace Falls with my step dad and my best friend, we recorded a video for my YouTube channel, where I broke the news that not only was I changing The Brew Log (the name of my old YouTube channel) into Grimlock Media, but that I had officially started my own business as a photographer. It’s fitting that the image I chose to mark the start of my business adventure be titled “Natural Chaos”, as getting a business up and started is chaotic, scary, overwhelming, and at the same time exciting.
After sharing a beer with my dad and my friend, enjoying the beauty that the Pacific North West has to offer, and settling into my feelings about the unknown path of owning a business. We set back down the trail, and finished out our hike. If you’d like to see more photos from that day, and hear what I had to say about the adventure back then, follow the link below to watch the YouTube episode.
Let Nature Be Your Teacher - https://youtu.be/coJArJUfyLA
As always, I hope you enjoy the photo I’ve attached to the blog post this week, and if you’d like to continue this or any other conversation, I’d love to talk with you and take inspiration for future writings. Feel free to email me at grimlockmedia@gmail.com
Catch y’all later.
Andrew Hoyle
