2025 06 12

Summer storms are the best. Chicago, Illinois. May, 2025. © Clayton Hauck

Lately, as I struggle to check all the things off of my daily mental to-do list, I’ve been finding myself walking around the house saying, “One thing at a time!”

Really, it’s a dozen things at a time, but if I just tell myself one thing at a time, perhaps I will eventually listen?

-Clayton

2025 05 07

A storm is a-brewin’. Olney, Illinois. April, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

I wrote a thing about an annoying work situation but feel like I can’t talk about that publicly, even without naming names, because it will get into the ears of the people I was writing about and nothing good will come of it. What I will say, however, is that the photography gods are doing their best at keeping me away from commercial photography sets these days. Portraits is what I do now. That, and Illinois Wandering. Oh, I’m also really excited about some video ideas I have. Perhaps losing bids is a good thing, after all.

-Clayton