Each Day Better Than The Day Before!

It has been an amazing journey I've had raising my son. In fact it has been quite an amazing and different journey I've had living life in general. I can remember seeing and holding his tiny feet and hands in mine right after birth. To this day I can still remember the first thought that came to mind...."that I wanted to remember those tiny hands forever"! Because I knew that they would grow and grow.

Holding my son's small body close to mine forced me to realize how his life depended on well I could care for him. The memories would be all I would have once he entered into toddler, teenage and adolescent stages. This is what prompted me to take pictures of him and myself progressing throughout the years. Each year and inches taller and facial features changing (his and mine), I can only imagine what the next year would bring.

February 22 was his twenty-second birthday and I am so blessed to be able to enjoy yet another year watching him become a adult. Praying each step of the way that God guide his feet, ways and thoughts.

It's Just Dinner!

Cooking is just one of the things I enjoy...not just because I like to eat and I need nutrition. I really have a satisfaction for many different foods. I like experimenting with many different spices and creating tastes from various ethnic groups. I like incorporating African-American tastes with other ethnic groups to come up with a hodge-podge I can call my own. I love the colors, textures and mostly the smells. So since I also enjoy photography, I've become quite happy with merging two of the things I enjoy the most.

This is one of my last meals that I prepared and I hope you enjoy it with me!

Photo Show of Brandi

Here's a slideshow of my last photo session with Brandi B. A reminder of The Light that has inspired me to capture the essence of people's character.

"BRANDI B"

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Etta you will be missed.....

"At last, my love has come along

my lonely days are over

and life is like a song

oh, yeah, at last

the skies above are blue

My heart was wrapped up in clovers

The night I looked at you

I found a dream that I could speak to

A dream that I could call my own

I found a thrill I could rest my cheek to

A thrill that I have never known

Oh yeah, when you smile, you smile

Oh, and then the spell was cast

and here we are in heaven

for you are mine

At last"

WINTER RADIANCY

Radiancy is the best I can describe the euthusiam that Brandi gave me on this photo shoot. She is a poet who is working on a special project and publishing. She also needed a refreshing shoot with updated pictures and I needed to add to my collection and portfolio. The collaboration was perfect. Despite the snowy day, it wasn't as cold as we both expected. Brandi shined perfectly and tolerated my creative ideas without complaint. She and I worked well together and I believe that she certainly could model as well as be a writer. LOOK OUT FOR HER......SHE'S BOUND TO RADIATE LIGHT!

LONG SHARP|CURIS

This past weekend I photographed along with fellow photographer, Bob Julius, a fine art opening featuring screen print artist Walter Knabe. The exhibit was held at Long Sharp Curis Modern and Contemporary Fine Art. The gallery is a great mark for Downtown Metro Detroit, which is making a resurgence of creativity that promises to bring vitality to the city. Knabe, a international artist, demonstrated his screenprint skills was well received by guests.

It's A New Day!

I am so grateful and so elated that my birthday is coming in a few weeks. It's not so much that it is the day I was born on because I really never celebrate my birthday. But it's that I am feeling super blessed that I've got to share the feeling. After so much adversity, I feel so faithful and confident to have been able to press forward (God willing) to overcome obstacles that I could not have imagined facing in my youth.
If you are elated and blessed....please contact me to share a photo session...walking in Fabulous Light!