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A few weeks ago, I had the absolute pleasure of talking to Neale, from the Photography Daily Podcast. Have a listen to the episode, and make sure to check out the ample library of conversations with other amazing photographers.
In this day and age, sharing your work online is easier than ever. Making meaningful connections is getting harder, though.
Social media has changed the world in many ways, some good, some not so good. Thanks to these platforms, I was able to reach thousands of people, connect with other photographers and artists, and discover so much great art.
I like to use social media. I don’t like when that happens the other way around. I don’t want to spend a second trying to figure out how to beat the algorithm and reach those who followed me because they were interested in what I create.
It’s time to bring the newsletter back. It might sound old-fashion at this point, but I believe it’s the best way we have to really connect with each other. No middlemen involved, humans and non-humans.
One email, once a week, where I’ll share all the work I publish on my Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. So you don’t have to use those platforms to see what I’m up to, and even less, to connect with me. Simply reply to that email and we’ll be talking!
And of course, you can unsubscribe at any time.
If you are interested, please join us:
This is a question that comes up every once in a while.
Years ago I decided that I wanted an email address like adrian@otero.com. It looked cool, I guess.
otero wasn't available in any of the major domains, so I started to look for alternatives. I eventually found ws. This is the domain for the country of Samoa and I guess they weren't selling many because they started promoting it as an acronym to website.
adrian.otero.ws
adrian - otero - website
That was the idea. I liked it.
Today, I don't know of anyone using that domain in that way.
Anyway, about that time, Twitter launched and I had to get a username. I went for "adrian otero ws", aows. I loved how short it was.
Over the years, I kept using the same username in every social network and platform I signed up for, including Instagram. That's where my photography career started, and since I couldn't find a better / easier username I stuck with it.
And this is where aows comes from.
There are many things you might not know about me.
I'm 36 years old and I quit my well-paid job last year to become a full-time photographer and videographer.
There's more to my story, watch the video if you want to know more.
Of course, my first trip with the new car was to the mountains.
I didn't post anything on the blog yesterday. I think it was the first day that went by without new content in months!
There was a good reason, though: after waiting for 4 months, the new car is finally here!
This means that our time here in Galicia is about to end, as we'll start traveling as soon as this Sunday. Galicia will remain as our base camp, headquarters, whatever you want to call it, but we'll be on the move most of the time.
More trips means many new images and videos coming.
Film images will take a bit longer, though. I'm not planning on bringing the "darkroom" with me like I did in America, instead I'll develop all the rolls once I'm back at HQ.
Traveling also means I'll have less time to spend in front of the computer -the end of the summer will help with this as well- thus I will have to organize in a different way to keep the content coming, here and elsewhere.
Where will we be going, you ask?
That's a good question. The answer is... not sure, yet.
I like to change plans a lot, so take this with a grain of salt, but as of right now: in the next few months and until next summer we'll be visiting and spending quite some time (one to three months in each place) in Portugal, France, the UK and the US.
Can't wait!
