Roadmap: 2026
With the new year underway, it feels like the right moment to look ahead and define where I want my creative work to go next. If 2025 was about rebuilding and finding my footing again, then 2026 is about consistency, follow through, and bringing several long running ideas into clearer focus.
This roadmap is not a rigid plan or a list of promises. It is a statement of direction. It reflects how I want to spend my creative time over the coming year while balancing a full time job, ongoing responsibilities, and the realities of working as a solo creator.
Publishing and the Blog
The blog remains the foundation of everything I do. In 2026, I plan to maintain a regular publishing rhythm, with a goal of at least one post per week. That approach has proven sustainable and rewarding, and it provides a steady framework for both experimentation and long form work.
Several ongoing series will continue to develop over time. Nearscape Photography remains a central project, focused on finding meaning and visual interest close to home. TimeTracks, while still early, will continue to grow as a space for exploring memory, place, and personal history through photography and writing.
Alongside these series, 2026 will also be a year of establishing new editorial lanes. The Stacks category will take shape as a home for book reviews, both fiction and nonfiction. The Bench category will begin to develop as a place for thoughtful gear reviews covering cameras, lenses, and software, written from the perspective of actual use rather than manufacturer specifications.
In addition to this work, I am also exploring a more conversational format through Chats with G. This series is intended as a space for informal reflection on creative process, photography, writing, and the thinking behind the work, allowing room for curiosity and dialogue without the structure of a traditional essay or review.
Photography and Prints
In the coming year, I plan to take a more deliberate step toward sharing and selling my photography. This includes posting select work on Darkroom.com and making a curated selection of images available as prints.
The focus here is not volume, but intention. These offerings will grow slowly and thoughtfully, allowing the work to stand on its own and live beyond the screen.
Publishing and Books
A major focus for 2026 is bringing several long form projects forward that are already well underway. Rather than starting from scratch, this year is about refining, revisiting, and completing bodies of work that have been developing over time.
This includes a revised and updated edition of Off Season: Cape May, New Jersey, which will remain largely intact while receiving updated front matter and a fresh pass through the current version of Lightroom. There is also the possibility that this work may evolve into a two volume edition, depending on how the final image selection takes shape.
In addition to that revision, three new photography books are planned:
Into the Mystic: Mystic, Noank, and Stonington
Shades of Night: Colonial Williamsburg
On the Tarmac: Creative Vision of a Thirteen-Year-Old
The images for these projects have already been selected and largely prepared. The work ahead centers on final editing, sequencing, and writing the accompanying front and back material. Each book represents a distinct thread of my photographic interests, but all share a common focus on place, atmosphere, and personal perspective.
Making Photographs
Alongside publishing and production, 2026 is also about making sure I continue to spend time out in the world with a camera. This includes photographing closer to home, attending events, and traveling when the opportunity makes sense.
These experiences are not treated as separate projects, but as the raw material that feeds everything else. Making photographs remains the starting point, and creating the space to do that work intentionally is an important part of the year ahead.
Fiction and Long Form Storytelling
Another important direction for 2026 is the beginning of The Tales from the West End series. This project marks a move toward longer form narrative storytelling and world building, expanding beyond photography into fiction. It grows out of long held ideas around place, memory, and imagined spaces that have been quietly taking shape alongside my visual work for years.
The goal for the year is to begin publishing entries in this series and allow it to grow organically, without forcing it into a fixed structure too early. This will be a gradual, exploratory process rather than a fast paced production schedule.
Community and Conversation
While the Art of the Create Discord Server launched toward the end of last year, 2026 is about actively growing and nurturing that space. This includes promoting the server more intentionally and encouraging thoughtful participation around photography, writing, creative process, and technology.
The aim is not scale for its own sake, but to build a small, engaged community where ideas, works in progress, and conversations can unfold naturally.
Expanding the Conversation
Beyond the website and Discord, 2026 is also about widening where and how this work is shared. I plan to reestablish a presence on Facebook, create a home on Substack, and explore whether Medium makes sense as an additional outlet for select pieces.
These platforms are meant to complement the website, not replace it, and to help new readers discover the work being done here.
Looking Ahead
This roadmap is intentionally focused and flexible. Not everything needs to happen at once, and priorities may shift as the year unfolds. What matters most is maintaining momentum, staying curious, and continuing to build a body of work that feels honest, sustainable, and rewarding.
As always, the work itself will guide what comes next.
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Technical Notes:
This image was captured using a Canon AE-1 Program with a Canon FD 35–70mm f/4 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. It was processed in Lightroom with subtle adjustments to texture and clarity, along with a slight vignette to help guide the eye. The final image is presented in a 4:6 aspect ratio.