I Love Beaumont!
January 22nd, 2010
Photography: A Fascinating Business Community
January 21st, 2010
When you’re running a business, you inevitably have to consider your competition. Increased competition puts pressure on a business. It would be easy for photographers to look at each other only as competitors. To some degree, we are competitors. But I’ve been surprised to find that photographers are much more interested in learning from each other and helping each other realize a common dream than they are in squashing one another.
Jeff and Erin Youngren were one of my first introductions to the generosity of the photographer community. The Youngrens have built a very successful business through the combination of their artistic talent and their huge love for people. A year ago, they were kind enough to invite me to one of their weddings. They didn’t have to invite me. They didn’t need me there, and in fact, they took a huge risk by allowing me to come. It was a 100% selfless thing to do, and they did it so that another photographer could get better.
Thank you, Jeff and Erin for being enthusiastic mentors to Jill and me in our photography business. We love the photographs from our session with you and we can’t wait to finally have great family photos up on our wall. You guys are awesome!
Foodie Night – Spain
January 18th, 2010
It’s important to me that our friends know how much we appreciate their unique talents. To that end, I take it upon myself to devise ways in which I might show my appreciation. Several of my friends – Julie In’t Hout, Ben Slagter, and my cousin Jeremiah – happen to be excellent with food. What better way to encourage them than to bring them all together and have them feed me? None. So, this weekend we all got together around their Spanish food creations and enjoyed ourselves. All of them worked very hard to research and prepare Spanish tapas for our families. But none worked as hard as I to be sure to eat more food than one ought to, and to direct complimentary gestures and satisfied groans of contentment toward the chefs the whole evening long.
To my friends who made all of that delicious food… you’re welcome.
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