I have a love/hate relationship with portrait photography. Achieving the expectations of the families who hire me is rewarding, but it takes a lot of patience and high energy. My style is natural light photographs, most often at the beach, or a local park. My clients show up knowing that we will get dirty and …
Not the Post I had Planned…
We were one hour from being 'home free' again. Then we got the call. Our buyers pulled the plug. On Wednesday we completed the final walk-through with the prospective new owners of Nana's house, and on Friday we were scheduled to hand over the keys after they signed the final papers. That didn't happen. We …
Blue and Something Extra – CFFC
Today I am joining Cee's Fun Foto Challenge hosted by Dan Antion at No Facilities. If you would like to participate please visit his site. The challenge today is to present photos with a dominant color of blue. This was an easy challenge for me as blue is my favorite color and the one I …
Black Plus Something Extra – CFFC
This week Cee's Fun Foto Challenge (Hosted by Dan Antoin at No Facilities) asked us to present 'Black and...' (fill in the blank). I searched my archives and selected a few oldies you might recognize from the past, and a few I have never posted here. I rarely shoot in black and white and prefer …
Word of the Year – 2025
The last time I chose a WOTY was January 2022. That year, I felt the need to be guided by more than my usual blueprint for life: moderation and balance. Feeling the effects of having sold our home six months earlier in the year, and living with my MIL, I felt the need for stability, …
Picture Retirement 