Listen, sometimes I can be impulsive and hasty.
I told you in March with absolute definite certainty that my last superchARJ email was my last one.
But I’ve missed it. I’ve missed writing down my thoughts and I’ve missed the little conversations that result in my email inbox.
So this is me just quietly reappearing in your inbox. This is my u-turn. Can we talk again?
If you’ve known me a while you’ll be sitting there chuckling to yourself. I do tend to have a little reputation for this, for changing my mind. I tell myself it’s an endearing quality. I’m not sure anyone else finds it endearing. Especially the people I live with and the people I run businesses with. Ho hum. This is me!
But truly I want to start writing to you again because as much as I expected to just carry on with this kinda stuff over at FedWed I just don’t feel it fits as well over there on reflection.
My opinions are very much mine and I don’t always want to project them onto Ste or the general brand of FedWed. I don’t think I’m particularly controversial but I am a natural deep thinker and that’s put me off sharing my thoughts since stopping superchARJ. I just want to speak freely somewhere, and I always felt I could do that here. To you.
But.
If you found my silence refreshing then I encourage you to unsubscribe before I kick off with my weekly thoughts – there’s a nice prominent unsubscribe link at the bottom of this email for you. So scroll on down there, click that, hit delete and I wish you all the very best, truly I do. [This is the web version – to unsubscribe just stop visiting this website]
You’re still here? Oh that’s nice of you.
Right then here’s what to expect from this superchARJ reboot…
Plain text emails first of all, no branding. I realised in not writing my newsletters is that’s what’s so nice about writing, and emails, and the old school nature of it all – it’s just words. Helpful words I hope, but just words. So I’m stripping it back to truly just words.
Plus two people told me that the white text on dark background really annoyed them. So naturally I assume it annoyed everyone! I think that if I write it like this in plain text it’ll just fall in line with your own light/dark preference on whatever device you’re reading on.
Second, I’m going to try and get back to this being a weekly thing – even when I think I have nothing to say.
When I have nothing to say usually that’s because my mood is low. So I may then share with you in those weeks that I’ve got nothing to say and tell you a little more about how I’m feeling.
Oftentimes those feelings are as a result of this job we do. So I will only be doing that because I feel like it may be helpful to you. I hate attention and I especially hate attention when it’s sympathetic. So the thought of this fills me with dread. But it may be helpful to you and to me, so let’s try it ok?
Third, and I know you’re thinking it. No this won’t be an advert for FedWed. If you’ve joined FedWed or taken part in anything over there then I’m so thankful for you, and I’m so passionate about what we’re doing and building over there but superchARJ is just me being a wedding photographer and telling you about stuff I know, stuff I learn, or stuff I find interesting. The people I’ve met and the conversations I’ve had because of all the FedWed events recently is what’s rekindled my passion for this newsletter.
This newsletter is also my way of really trying to suck the judgement out of the industry and replace it with positivity. That’s my reason. That’s my why. That’s what I care so passionately and so deeply about.
So my next issue of superchARJ this Thursday will be me sharing my thoughts about “sepiagate” which has kicked off on Tiktok and Threads recently. I won’t be taking sides, but I will be sharing my opinions and what I think we can all learn from that. Because I think it’s potentially quite a lot.
If you’ve read this far, thanks. If you’re happy to stay subscribed, thanks. But here’s your second chance to unsubscribe if you’re reading this with anything but happy thoughts. The link is at the bottom, and I wish you love and happiness.
Still here? Man alive, I’m grateful. I’ll talk to you on Thursday and then (hopefully) every Thursday.
Thanks for reading.
Adam
PS – Thanks again
