To get great shots, sometimes you just have to wait! And wait! And wait!

     Neither rain, nor snow, nor (do people still say "nor"?... am I quoting this correctly?...)

Whatever it is, the weather wasn't going to stop my Senior Portrait Session with Connor. We had an end of school deadline approaching.  It rained 4 times during our session, but do you think that was gonna stop us?! Well...it could have...

Tell a great story with your phone!

Taking a picture of the watch would be okay, but even with my phone camera, I can tell a story!

     Last week, I posted about my favorite camera app for my phone.  As I mentioned, there is nothing wrong with being a phone photographer, and even the most popular photographers do it all of the time!  Unless you have an old flip phone (you know who I'm talking about), your phone is a great tool to take great pictures and tell great stories!  And I like the word "great" a lot... guess that's why I don't write for the NY Times...

   

The world has also gone a bit crazy when it comes to "selfies".  I was shooting a client yesterday and she had just recently been introduced to the term selfie.  Don't judge her...she's busy!  There are probably a TON of people out there that have A LOT of selfies on their phone, and that's great.  Well...only kinda great.   But here's the thing:  you are carrying around a pretty decent camera all day long, so why not learn how to tell really good stories with it?!

And away we go!

 
 After 44 years, I've finally learned a valuable lesson:  Never say "Never"!  I know that it's a little cliche' but I'll tell ya', I'm quite serious about this.  I never thought I'd stop acting.  I never thought I'd get married, or divorced for that matter... and then married again.  I never imagined I'd turn a passionate hobby (photography) and turn it into a full time business.  And I certainly never ever ever thought that  I would marry someone that I went to High School with (only because I was headin' out of town as soon as I graduated).  Finally, I REALLY thought that I would NEVER EVER live in Michigan again.