Can I Just Get the Digital Files

July 29, 2019 4

Dear potential client, I have no crystal ball, yet, I know you will be calling me this week for information about what I do. You might have seen one of my displays or my website […]

Dear Entitled…

July 28, 2019 8

Dear Entitled,  I came across a screenshot of your “I have started a photography business” post in a “Classifieds” Facebook group: I don’t know your name, but honestly, even if I did, I wouldn’t use […]

The Lesson of the Sandcastle

July 12, 2019 1

It was darn impressive. I mean, it wouldn’t have won first place in one of those elaborate Sandcastle Competitions or anything, but still, someone had put a lot of time and effort into its creation. […]

Pros Know

June 19, 2019 1

I got my hair cut a couple days ago. It had become way too long and out of control and well, I was looking for something a little different. I know my limits when it […]

Two Boys and a Flag

June 15, 2019 4

The flag caught my eye first, and then I saw them-two young boys, sitting on a fence on a Saturday afternoon, in the summer heat, large drinks at their feet. I rolled down my window […]

Pies for Old People

June 1, 2019 0

I think baking is a lot like photography: both take a bunch of different ingredients/components and combine them together to make something entirely new and entirely wonderful. I adore baking and it is no secret […]

I Should Have

June 1, 2019 0

“I SHOULD HAVE” I think those three words strung together are just about the saddest in the history of language.  “I should have” indicates regret, a mistake, a lesson learned.And most of the time those […]

I am Certifiably Confused

May 29, 2019 14

I don’t mean to step on any toes, but <deep breath> here we go… Dear PPA,  A couple weeks ago, I asked to sit down with your top brass and discuss what is happening with […]

Never Doubt

May 21, 2019 4

She came in for her senior session. Her hair was a mess of tangled waves, unruly and uncooperative. Her face was covered with freckles and dotted with acne. She wasn’t model proportions and the clothing […]

Game of Thrones’d It

May 20, 2019 0

New saying for when a final step is mucked up and you don’t get what you were expecting to get: “Game of Thrones’d it.” Examples:“My haircut is awful. My stylist Game of Thrones’d it and […]

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