Celebrating 1 Year of Substack!
What a way to end 2023 eh?
Merry Holidays and a Happy New Year, Film Fam!
Can you even believe that this is the last FREE Substack of 2023?! Where the heck has the year gone!
Christmas has come and gone in the blink of an eye, and I spent the week before working tirelessly to get my final shoots of 2023 out there. Saturday - 30th December - I have a fun Subscriber Special newsletter dropping for all of you who upgrade to the paid option.
But if you’re here for the freebies and seeing some kickass photos, then stick around. This newsletter will still have a few sneak peeks!
I also want to say a HUGE thank you to each and every one of you. When I started this Substack on 16th December 2022 - I didn’t think anyone would be interested. Now there’s almost 200 of you who have followed my journey and engaged with my work. I’m blown away!
I have a lot of cool things planned for 2024, so I hope you stick around. I’ll be taking a short break, and newsletters will be back at some point in February.
Here’s what you can expect from ‘Josie On Film’ Substack in 2024:
My new FREE series is called ‘Through My Viewfinder’ and will be storytelling of my 35mm Film adventures, with a focus on emotional connection while integrating some of my poetry work as well.
Occasional free educational newsletters - such as recaps of content events, current film news, new camera gear or repairs I’m doing, film resources, etc. These will be more casual and much shorter.
More in depth and loooooong blogs that are full of all the technical info you’d ever want or need to know about learning specific film techniques - these will be a 1-2x monthly paid subscriber newsletter.
‘Behind The Scenes’ of client work and ‘First Look’ content will be split between some free and paid newsletters here on my Substack, and after approx 1-2 weeks the images will appear on my other websites.
As always these newsletters will still have the vibe of catching up with that one friend you haven’t seen in a while who’s just very passionate about all things film. So if that’s your kind of jam, you’re in the right place!
Let’s get into it!
I’m keeping this one short and sweet, I hope you don’t mind.
I’m honestly overwhelmed. I did not expect for my little Substack to have provided me with so much joy this year, and for so many cool opportunities to arise out of it. What started as a way to help me express myself creatively has become to grow into a community and a consistent thing in my life that I adore working on.
I’m still working away quietly on 35mm Film projects throughout January and will be back sometime in February/March. I’m not setting a deadline because I don’t want to rush this recalibrating process for me. It’s so important that in the start of a New Year I take time to really re-focus on what makes me happy, and part of that means exploring solo for a little bit. I hope you can understand - I promise I’ll be returning!
I’m a little burnt out…