02/27/2022
Good morning everyone.
I have to make an announcement.
I've been putting this off for a while and I must do this now.
As some of you may know, my badass son is in his TKD journey. He is becoming more impressive everyday and the dedication he puts into his passion makes me respect his work ethic. Constantly driving himself to be better, some people think I run a boot camp at the house and train my son 24/7 lol.
Not the case. He drives himself and I'm basically a cheerleader who holds the pads for him.
Last year I missed lot of his weekend activities and realized that I am not being there for my son. I grew up promising to myself that I would not be that kind of a parent. I promised to be the dad, who will be at every event for my child but that was not the case last year. During the offseason I found out exactly how much my son wants me there with him and how much it bothered him when I wasn't.
I can't have that.
I love photography. Perhaps more than I love myself so this is a very hard thing for me to do but also a no brainer choice to make for my son.
I will be stepping down from my position as the NASA MA photographer and Tony will be taking over full capacity for the community. I am doing this because I will not be able to be at any events for full weekend. I will only be able to do weekdays and Sunday. That pretty much takes me out of NASA and I wouldn't feel good about trying to hustle for one day sale, while Tony is covering the whole weekend. That wouldn't be fair to Tony.
You all have been great and support was tremendous. I never saw myself a real photographer lol. I've only shot for couple of years before being contacted by NASA. It was a shocking moment for me that someone thought I was a legit photographer and actually wanted me to work for them.
2021 was a wild and crazy year for me. Covered many trackdays and races. It will go down as one of best year ever for me. I will never forget it.
I will be able to do small one day events but that's pretty much it.
This is the hardest post I've ever made and it took me months to get myself up to do this. Got a little depressed, little frustrated, but I'm at peace with my decision.
Thank you all for all the support and the faith you put on my work. You have no idea what that means for me.
Hope everyone have a great 2022!
Flatout singing out.