New beginnings

     Things have been rather challenging of late. Having just managed to get the photography business off the ground, finally a living, breathing thing of its own, two sudden deaths in the family as well as the loss of my best friend (all within a week) prompted a move halfway across the country for the second time in a year. Now came the adjusting period both personally and professionally. The personal hurdles are obvious and varied, but it’s the professional ones that have come as a shock.

     Lugging all of the equipment back to Texas was an understood necessity, but finding a place to put it proved more challenging than anticipated; every single square foot was filled with boxes of our life. It looked like it was time to bite the bullet and set up a studio. But where? After searching all over, we finally found a building just outside of Tyler to use, but problems finding a competent electrician seem to have put the kibosh on that little dream.

     Speaking of dreams, while we had just started to build up both an advertising and clientele base in South Carolina, we were now starting from scratch again in Texas. A smattering of bookings for family photos (and a few calls about weddings) managed to keep the nocturnal imaginings alive, but things weren’t looking good.

     Then came the rain…weeks of it. With nothing to do but sit around and sulk our moods were certainly not improving.

     “Wait, what’s this? A break in the clouds?!”

     While not actually a break in the clouds, it was a lull in the rains. So, with a profound need to get out and do SOMETHING creative, a semi-macro lens was strapped to one of the cameras and out hunting adventure we went; braving the light, cold mist that still fell from the dreary February sky.

     With all of that in mind, it becomes easier to understand why these images represent new beginnings, not just in nature but in life as well. While it did nothing for the bank account to get out and shoot these, it was definitely healing to the soul to brave the frigid drizzle and capture these images of life budding anew. ​