Aiden Wyatt
The handsome new addition to the Pate family. Congratulations Michael, Lauren and Andrew.
Before you were conceived I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were here an hour I would die for you
This is the miracle of love.-Maureen Hawkins
I shoot photographs of couples, families, old friends, little kids, brand new scrumptious babies, buildings, animals, old run-down shacks, mud puddles, pipes, tiny bugs, toothy smiles and lots of other beautiful things. I also like to cook chicken in a wide assortment of ways, watch really bad reality tv, make crafty stuff about once every 4 years and play pool 2 nights a week. I have a day job, at night. I take notes on everything. I keep a list going at all times. I could -and would- wear high heels every single day if it was appropriate and I have a fetish for hair products. I need my cell phone like I need to breathe and I’m clumsy like you wouldn’t believe. I worship my kids and always will. But honestly, just let me take interesting pictures. I’ll be happy then.
It’s been almost a year since life was turned inside out and I’ve finally come to the obvious realization that it will never be the same again.
Therefore, I’m making a personal affirmation to live each day as if it’s my last. A mission if you will. While I won’t be swimming the Nile or climbing Mt. Everest, I will be letting alot of B.S. go by the wayside. You know all of those little things that annoy the hell out of you and make you want to scream – I’m letting them go.
Of course – I still have to work my day job. (Or in this case, my night job.) But, I’m making a promise to my heart that I’ll pursue the things I love and work towards a better life. A happier life. Contentment. I don’t have to wake up every day and count my piles and stacks of money, but I do need to wake up on the sunny side of the bed. Smiling.
Photography doesn’t just make me smile, it makes me laugh out loud. A single picture has the opportunity to make me cry like I’m a 12 year-old preteen overly-emotional girl who just called a name that she won’t even repeat to her own mother. I want to evoke that emotion in others. If I can take a photograph that pulls strong emotions from a variety of viewers then I have completed my goal. I know it won’t be easy.
But – I won’t quit.
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Gifted Arts Photography 