The Season Is Coming...

Winter can drag on, the snow can be brown, the sun setting early. Then, in a matter of a few days it can all change. The sun is higher in the sky and awake for an hour longer, the snow melts, the temperature rises and before you know it the grass is turning green, the tulips and lillies blooming and along comes one of my favorite times as a photographer....


Wedding season... Not that there's a true "season", it's not like hunting season, fishing season, baseball season. But there is surely an influx of couples becoming one, taking the journey together for the rest of their lives, opening the new chapter that reads forever...


It's that season that I love. So much of me enjoys shooting the weddings, capturing the emotions and being part of the couples day. So it's the coming months I long for. When I'm not doing much portrait work, when I get to enjoy the other part of my studio, the part that gets to sit and work at a desk and get the shots ready for viewing. Sending the e-mail - "your pics are up" and getting that reply. The words that lift me even higher knowing that I have done what I long to do. I captured the moments and gave the couple the opportunity to relive the day. An opportunity that they can do time and time again...


Because this, this is what I love to do... So great it is!!!

Sometimes we just need to stop and think...

A friend of mine shared this with me, and you can surely look at it from a point of view that could bring sorrow, depression, worry. Or from the other direction of living life, here now and today... Either way, it's worth watching... And sharing...

Mans Best Friend

As a photographer, and I believe this goes for any of us, we have shoots that at times don't really catch our interest, while at other times we can't wait to get the camera into our hands. And then there are times when you're not quite sure what to expect. Like shooting all the employees of a company. You're in a position where you have a very limited amount of time to interact, break down a barrier and capture the moments. And to add a little more to the mix is all the employees and their pets. And that's what I recently did for a local Vet Hospital. Roaring Brook Animal Hospital in Canton, Ct. to be exact.

So as it begins - I do what I do, I capture the shots. And then I slowly began to realize how close we all are to our furry friends. How the energy between us and the four legged ones is something that can not be compared to anything in the world. The comfort, the love, the friendship and more. So I sit and think about how at certain times, and I'm sure this is true for many, we will get frustrated with these friends because all they want is love and all we want is sleep, relaxation time or the need to get something done.

Maybe they trip up your feet while you're trying to cook, maybe they try to sneak out the door because they don't want to be left alone or maybe they wine because they just want to be touched. There are so many things that they need much like ourselves.

Love, friendship and caring. Touches, smiles and kisses.

The shoot with all the employees and their pets at Roaring Brook brought so much light back into it. The certain glow that comes from holding our companions, or getting that slobbery lick across the face. I guess what I'm getting at in my own head is that they need us just as much as we need them. When we need to relax maybe they know that which is why they come over. Maybe they know better than us?

I believe I read some where that petting a furry four legged friend can even bring your blood pressure down and become a healing touch? Maybe next time you're sitting there and your companion is at your feet you'll reach down and give that belly a rub... Or pat him/her on the head and just look into their eyes. Or maybe... Just maybe, you'll reach down, scoop them up and pull them close.

Because there's one thing I know for sure.

Falling into an afternoon nap with that friend pulled close is something that is surely priceless...