Fewer Clicks, More Soul

Updating Luna’s modeling digitals and watching her grow

Lately, I’ve been haunted by the sound of my own shutter.

Click, click, click — a machine gun of moments, most of them unnecessary. I’ve been producing so much digital noise, taking a million versions of the same frame. Too many takes. Too many choices. And in the end, too little joy.

It’s been bothering me for months now.

This feeling that I’m wasting time, energy, and attention — snapping and snapping, then sitting down later to sift through an avalanche of images that all look the same.

Today, I photographed Luna — six years old, recently signed to a modeling agency, full of grace and something light and true.

We had done a model test a couple of months ago, and right after that session, she signed with the agency. This time, we were updating her digitals. And I could see the shift in her — more focused, more confident, like she had already grown, not in height, but in presence.

And I made a conscious decision: I would take fewer shots. I would slow down.

I would be more present.

And something shifted.

I took three times fewer photos than usual. I watched more. Waited more. I wasn’t chasing a “perfect” frame. I was just there. And now, looking at the results — I love them. The images feel alive. There’s movement in them. Not because I took more, but because I was more focused.

More in the room. Less in my head.

And strangely, I feel more alive too.

Maybe it’s not just Luna. Maybe it’s me, shifting too — learning to be slower, more intentional.

I’ve been reading about film lately. Not as a trend, but as a way of returning to something essential.

Less noise.

More soul.