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Love and Photography
This webpage is a little different from the others. It's a webpage of love and dedication a rather ironic story for somebody like me. I've learned that life throws you plenty of curveballs and offers you plenty of road junctions. The opportunity for either one may not come again. I am fortunate to have seen some very special places in my life because of my photography. It's taken me to the tops of skyscraping peaks, sand dunes in the shapes of skyscrapers and yes... even graffited skyscrapers. When I decided to temporarily move to the east coast for my photography, that's when another "love" popped into my life. For almost a year, I made my home in the sleepy, coastal town of Stratford, Connecticut where I met a lovely girl named Heather. After a year, Heather not only taught me things about myself, but she's helped me to open up to the world. As a quiet kid who didn't have many friends and somebody who enjoys his own company, Heather helped me to see that it was okay to in fact, be myself. She's taught me more things about myself in a year than many people could learn in a lifetime.
Heather's Time
There is another part to this story, too - one which is affected by the pictures I sell. In April of 2004 my mother was diagnosed with cancer. By the time we found out, it had taken hold in her liver, requiring surgery to remove the diseased portion. Although we went through with the surgery, it was too late in the growth to catch. Chemotherapy and radiation followed, but did little to slow the spread of the cancer to her brain and spinal cord. After seven long months, her struggle with the disease ended peacefully on November 2, 2004. My family and I have changed so much since then, and we all miss her every day. My photography comes into play here, with something that not many photographers do. I am donating 20% of the profits of all photos I sell to cancer research in memory of my mom. Through my photographs, I hope to encourage others to take the chances they might have been putting off - to learn to enjoy those things we have around us every day, but that we take for granted. The sight of the Sierras covered in new snow, the smell of early morning sagebrush - or even the sights and sounds of the big city - we can't take them for granted, for we have no idea how much time we have left on this earth. I truly hope that my photography will inspire others to not wait another minute, but to sieze each and every day and enjoy it for all that it's worth.
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