Now that I am off the Adderall, my love for, and involvement with, photography has returned with a vengeance. I am rededicated to making the effort to transition to a place where photography is a much more integral part of my life, preferably as a full time career. In that vein, I have been doing much more research than I had before, looking not only at the photography side of it, learning as much as I can about light, color, texture, et cetera, but also the business side of it, trying to establish what I do like, don’t like, creating a signature style, looking at learning about copyright laws, contracts, agent representation, image buyers, all of these things that I never considered before. There is so much to it, that it is almost overwhelming, but I find it so fascinating and interesting. Taking good photos is actually such a (relatively) small part of the whole business of photography, obviously you have to produce good content or the rest is moot, but beyond that, you can’t just take good pics and let the rest take care of itself. So I am learning learning learning, and having fun doing it. Look forward to some interesting new stuff, photographically speaking, as I try to figure out what I like, and establish a style.
And since I know why you REALLY come to the blog, here is a photo of the kids…

Rachel enjoys swinging outside of Matthew's school.
And, in honor of Matthew starting kindergarten on Monday…

Matthew stands before his soon-to-be school, showing how excited he is about starting.