years ago, when i started my business, i remember talking to a good friend of mine about photography, and he told me that he would never become a ‘professional photographer’ because it would leave him not wanting to shoot for personal reasons anymore… as busy as we are, as wedding photographers, especially this time of year, it’s nice to still be able to pull out the camera, and have fun shooting for ourselves, and not just because it’s contracted. i always told myself that i would never lose my love for photography, even when i’m out shooting for business almost every day now, i still take the time to go for a drive and shoot, or bring my camera with me to different events, just to capture my son growing up, or document where we’ve been.
i’m beginning to think that photography for me, is becoming more of an addiction, than a passion.. meaning i can hardly leave my house without taking at least some, if not all of my gear with me. when we travel as a family, or i go out of town by myself, i always take my gear with me, even if it means getting turned around at the canada/us border… this past winter, a border agent working for the united states, couldn’t believe that i would actually go on a 4 day family vacation to vermont, and take over 20 grand in camera gear with me. it was hard to explain to him the reasons for this as he didn’t understand my passion, but after being turned around and sent back to canada to register all my gear with the government, i was finally allowed back into the u.s. the most comical part of that whole experience was that the u.s. border patrol expressed to me that i could very well be bringing my gear across to sell it on ebay…. i guess that’s because we don’t have ebay or computers in canada..
sometimes i think i’d like to just sit back and take generic family pics while we’re on vacation, but that will never happen. ask my wife if you don’t believe me, i remember being in the states last year, and she wanted me to take some cheesy picture of my son on a giant chair at letchworth state park, i tried to avoid it, but when i finally agreed to do it, i had to run back to the truck and get my off cam lighting.. you know, just because it has to be perfect! she gets so annoyed with me sometimesbut when we print the pictures and hang them up, she thanks me for how i’ve been able to capture her baby boy!
this summer we have jaxsen playing lacrosse,baseball, and will start soccer the end of this summer.. i love being able to go out and watch him do these things, and i pretty much always have my camera with me during these events…. some parents with their little p/s cameras look at me as if to say ‘ a little overkill, no? ‘ but they never do…..
enjoy your summer everyone, i will update my blog as soon and often as i can, but for now, here’s a pic of jax playing blastball
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