Passion.

 

“Into a dancer you have grown

From a seed somebody else has thrown

Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own

And somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go

May lie a reason you were alive, but you'll never know.”

Anyone who knows me, probably can assume I have never been a dancer. The closest I have gotten to being in a dance company was when I was one of the parents in “The Nutcracker”—my daughters were both in the show.  As a parent, you do have to go through some moves that could be viewed as dancing; I had the same role for 3 years and I still couldn’t’ get my moves right. I chalk my inability to having two left feet and no rhythm at all.

My favorite subject to photograph is sports. I completely enjoy being close to the action and the risk associated with it. Tonight I am going to be photographing hockey, I sure hope I am not going to regret the “risk” comment. Hockey is tough to shoot; the amount of movement and change in direction keep you on your toes. In addition, since I stand where there is no glass, you have to watch where the puck is going and you hope and pray it’s not coming where there is no glass—-because that’s where I am at.

The other day, I was talking with a friend and he wanted to know why I don’t go into the photography business. My response, “that would be work and that will kill my passion for doing it.” It sounds silly, but it’s like finding your ultimate passion and then completely burning out over it because you thought making money would make it better—-how do I know? I have tried it and it really takes the fun away.

I am very optimistic this coming year is going to be much different than last year. I really am hopeful we will see live sports that “WE” can attend, and get our lives back to some form of normalcy. I suspect I will get very little disagreement that we lost a lot last year, and we’re long over due for a come back.

The photo above was taken last year in California. My daughter and niece went with me to take photos amongst some of the most beautiful trees I have ever seen—-they were located just off the coast of the Pacific Ocean and it was a wow. I knew when we arrived the likelihood for a beautiful photo would occur between the time we arrived and when we left—I was not disappointed.

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