I have  written a few blogs lately, yet I haven’t posted.  Some things aren’t meant to be seen by ‘normal’ people!

Suffice it to say, it’s been an emotional roller coaster lately!!  I swear my life is one big graph and I’m not sure which day is going to be up or down.  Last night I had a way up and a way down really close to each other!  And before you start screaming “MEDS” to me…..I have my reasons…..

Life sucks sometimes.  That’s just the way it is.

We get faced with some pretty crappy stuff and we just have to deal with it.

If it were all perfect, we wouldn’t truly appreciate the really good times!!

Tonite was a really good time for me and I will revel in it!  I had the pleasure of working at an event and meeting a ton of people who were “OH” so nice!!  And I was there  because a good friend recommended me.  And for that I am truly greatful!!

Every so often, you have to have a reminder of where you belong.  I am truly a service personality.  I want people to be happy and my job is very much about seeing people happy.  Tonite was a gala.  A high ticket event.  And I got to come and take pictures of people who spent weeks preparing for this event.

Now, I have to digress a bit and laugh about the state of our people!  I took a lot of pictures of husbands and wives and much of my job tonite was showing them how to ‘touch’ each other and be comfortable!

We seriously forget…..  And it’s a little sad, yet a little funny!!

We can act any old way that we want.  But when we are in front of a camera, all our ‘knowledge’ goes out the window!!!

I had a couple tell me tonite, “We don’t want a PROM picture!”  And I said, “Okay….then DON’T act like you are at the PROM!”  They looked at me like I had antenna growing out of my head!!!  I asked them, “What kind of picture do you want?”

The husband told me that his wife liked her shoes and he was sure she wanted a picture of those!  She protested and said, NOT the shoes!!!  But it was obvious, as she threw her foot up in the air that she LOVED her shoes (which had metal studs in them!)

So I told the husband to “Dip” his wife…..and he did!   And she smiled so big that it was obvious that her ‘studs’ meant business!!  It was the cutest picture of the night!  I showed the couple their picture on the back of the camera and they were delighted.  Therefore, so was I!!!

Too often we act how we think we “should”….when we really want to act how we WANT to act….

As a photographer, I don’t want to capture the “mannequin” of you…. I want the REAL you!!!

And as I drove home tonite with all the happiness in my heart; I reflected on the sadness that has been clouding me.  And I keep coming back to the same conclusion……

I cannot control what others do, say, or think of me….  What I CAN control is what I am good at.  And that is pulling the best out of people and helping them be what they want to be.  It’s not just a photographer thing; it’s a “Me” thing!  I love when people become what they want to be.

It’s always easier to see others destination than our own.  I have said it before; I can help ANYONE with their problems…..except me.  My issues will have to wait for another day…or maybe another person!

Happy Sunday