Project Life - Day 40- I Am Life

I am Growth. Growth is Life. One of my favorite places to go on a shoot expedition is around St. George Island in Florida. You can take an excursion out to one of the non-peopled islands and spend the day. Great fun especially with family to just .. well ... be. One of Connor's favorite things is to climb the natural dunes. I have captured him doing so many times through the years. It wasn't until taking this photo that I realized just how much youth he has lived and is now entering the a time of finding out who he really is. Connor is Life. Life is Personal Growth.

Project Life - Day 38- I Am Life

I am Tanner. Tanner is Life.  One of the things that presented me with the greatest amount of "huh?" during the Greek phototrek was the diametrically opposed visual happenings. I watched Tanner sell his leather goods for the better part of an hour. Brisk business and he is, by nature I am sure, no nonsense. But here is where it gets confusing. He's selling his wares against a backdrop of 5000 year old ruins. I'm sure he isn't the first tanner to sell in this spot - and likely not the last. Customers quibble over drachmas and he quibbles back. Thing is, the stones know that whatever the customer buys is a shallow material thing and shall not be long remembered. But this place, that stone will be forever there. Tanner is Life. Life is dichotomy.

Project Life - Day 35- I Am Life

This is my father. Fathers are Life. I've intentionally avoided posting anything family related for a variety of reasons. Not the least of which is privacy and an underlying uncomfortableness about it. Sometimes it's easy as a photographer to hide behind the lens, expose life from a safe and detached distance. But this is ProjectLife and this is my father. Life is Connected.

Project Life - Day 33- I Am Life

This is Libby. Libby is Life. Here is what you need to know of Libby: She is one of 6 (condolences to her mother). She is also the youngest of the six. Not often do I choose portrait sittings as Project Life subjects but this beautiful girl was so unerringly trusting. We worked for about an hour; her mom took care of running the house for hubby and other 5 kids (again, condolences) and not once did Libby cry or shy away. I adore this one. This is Libby. Life is Trusting.

Project Life - Day 32 - I Am Life

This is Syd. Syd is Life. There is a familiar photographers quote that says we don't take pics of our subjects but of ourselves. During Syd's session I kept trying to figure out who she is. Younger daughter, sister, soccer pro, budding young woman ... the answers never came clear. It was then I figured out that I wrestle (as I am sure all of us do) with those same question. I asked her to peek inside the window knowing what I was chasing theme-wise. I wonder what she saw? This is Syd. Introspection is Life.

Project Life - Day 31 - I Am Life

I am Blima. I am Life. I met Blima while in Sinaloa.  Bright, beautiful and outgoing, Blima had little idea of what the world held for her outside of that drug-war ridden state. This image was snapped as Minister Runyon was explaining that he learned a lot about the area from television. Yes, the next question was "que television?" This is Blima. Life is Wonder.