My partner, Joe, is such an inspiration to me!  Having retired from years of practicing as an attorney, he decided that sitting around does not do much for him at all.  When he was thinking about the next chapter in his life, he thought back to his earlier years before he went to law school, and he remembered his dream was to become part of the entertainment industry.  However, life (and his mother) had different plans for him, and law school was the road he was to travel. 

Now at a time when he has the option of doing whatever he wants, he has been training to become a voice actor.  He comes to life behind the microphone, and it's amazing to see what a range he's developing.  His passion is infecting, and I can feed off his enthusiasm. 



I was recently asked by a couple who are expecting their first child to shoot their maternity photos.  My first thought was, "No way, I've never done anything like this before."  However, the words that came out of my mouth were, "I'd love to.  I think it would be great!"

I met with them a few days before the day we set to do the shoot, and we went over images on the net in order to find out what kind of style they liked.  Gina was adamant -- no outside photos (they just didn't do anything for her,) and everything they'd pulled up were done black and white with a black background.  I talked to them about the fact that with the black background especially, it'd be best to wear anything but black.  However, when they showed up at the shoot, they were both dressed all in black.  So one of my challenges was to make sure that their clothing didn't just disappear completely into the background (Photoshop helped me out there).

As always, whenever I allow myself to open up to new experiences, they turn out to be wonderful learning experiences, and I end up making closer connectons with people with interesting stories and life experiences.  And if, in some tiny way, I can do something for them that makes them feel good, that's what photography is all about to me.