Category Archives: personal

the vendor-client relationship

yeah... I'm on a bit of theme here this week... I am fielding some inquiries for weddings that are in a word - disheartening. As an artist it's always tough to hear people devalue your efforts or dismiss what you do as art. It's even tougher to hear that yours is not really a skilled profession. ...

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caveat emptor when booking wedding photography

let me say this up front... I'm not posting this to create business for myself. I feel I should pass it on because it's not the first time I've read of this happening, and likely not the last. I'll start with a confession ... I spend time reading through online bridal forums. There I've said it. Most ...

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RIP dad…

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a personal post

My father lives in a small town in Nova Scotia. A province with many small towns. He was born in a section of New Waterford called Scotchtown, on Cape Breton island. Today is his 79th birthday. I know he will die there also, as many from the area do, from cancer. In June, I drove down to ...

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when/why do we stop thinking like kids?

I've been meaning to write this since my trip to Nova Scotia. One of the nicer days I spent was in Parrsboro. A neat little town that used to be a big town. Situated near Nova Scotia's world class fossil areas and the famous Bay of Fundy and it's enormous tides, I stopped there to take ...

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