12/08/2016
A few weeks back I mentioned how I would be sharing some exciting news coming from me about the photography business. Well today is the day I share the exciting news. Some of you already know, but most don't. I decided 25 years ago when I started my photography business that I would not shoot a wedding after my 50th birthday. Well my 50th birthday is in March. This was my goal. I actually decided last November that 2016 would be my last year of doing weddings. Doing 30-50 weddings a year for 25 years and having a full time job for the last 30 is not an easy thing to do. If these last few days have taught me anything, it's that life is too short. So this is my exciting news. It's time to get my weekends back and enjoy my life the way I want to enjoy it. So I want to thank all of the couples that I have gotten to make memories for, for the last 25 years. All the photographers that have helped me through the years I can't thank you enough for helping me, teaching me and shooting beside me. My amazing labs are second to none. My album companies have made my work look even better. My video people which made my days easier because they worked with me, not against me. In my opinion, I have worked with the best, and learned from the best. So I was able to give my best. I gave my best for all those years. My heart just isn't in it anymore. I always said when the love and enjoyment isn't there anymore, it's time to stop. Because it wouldn't be fair to the couples. After all, they are the reason I have enjoyed what I did for more than half my life.
I have never looked at myself as a photographer. I have always been a super hero! My super power is, I have the ability to stop time. Every time I pressed that button, I was able to make a memory for someone. It is an honor to make a memory for someone. I just went through boxes and boxes the last few days. Memories are what keep people alive. In your mind and in your heart.
“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.”
Berenice Abbott
I always liked that quote.
