Friends in photography
I mostly blog to talk about my learning to be a better photographer and to share photographs that I have taken. Today I just want to talk about the friends that I’ve made because of photography. I’ve only been serious about photography for a few years, but, in this short time I have become acquainted with people that I consider to be good friends, even if I have only met them a few times.
I got to thinking about this because of the recent events in Egypt, and my good friend Marco who lives there with his wife Francesca and his son Max. Marco and I usually touch base every other week or so by email, Twitter, Facebook or Skype. I met Marco on the day before the Italy Within the Frame Workshop this past April. We spent the day “warming up” for the workshop, shooting around Genoa. We
immediately hit it off and spent a lot of time together during the workshop, shooting, talking, processing and drinking Ardbeg. I consider Marco not only to be a friend, but also someone who has helped me a great deal in my photographic journey, especially in my pursuit of pet photography. Since the protests have started there has been very little contact with Marco as internet service has been cut, including all social network sites and cell service. Many a tweets were sent out with well wishes, and the other day Gavin Gough was finally able to reach Marco by phone and graciously relayed the message via Twitter to the rest of us. It was a relief to hear that he and his family were safe.
It’s amazing how much caring there is amongst the photographic community. I guess it’s the bond that we create in pursuit of the craft that we all love.
Amongst the people that I have been lucky enough to get to know over the past three or four years, all have been nothing but kind, generous and giving. Whether through reading each other’s blogs or actually getting to spend some time shooting together here’s a short list:
Marco Ryan, Stuart Sipahigil, David duChemin, Jeffrey Chapman, Eli Reinholdtsen, Sabrina Henry, Craig Allyn Rose, Dorothy Brown…and there’s more.
So thank you to all of you for making my journey into photography and my life richer. I can’t wait to see you all again. And, cheers to Marco. Let’s hope that all turns out well for him and has family.
