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All Good Things…

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life’s about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw Three months … 13 weeks … 93 days … that’s how long my internship with LeahAndMark shall last. In reality it hasn’t really been much time at all, depending on your perspective at … Read More

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Culture Shock

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein I had a blog prewritten and ready to go, but then Mark threw a curve ball at me. He actually showed up and shot the event with me. Drats … Read More

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Market Place

“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil  and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower Every Thursday during the spring and summer, a small market sets up shop downstairs from my office. It’s not much, perhaps only … Read More

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Bastille Day at Paris on Ponce

 “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”” –Walt Disney  If you had asked me what I thought of Paris on Ponce before going there on Sunday I would have drawn a rather large blank. In truth I … Read More

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AMA Head shots, Marketing and Post-Internship

“Improvement can only come through intelligent and straightforward effort” - Theodore Roosevelt If you were to ask me “in the past two months and change have I learned anything from being a Leah and Mark intern?”. I would tell you yes and not all of … Read More

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Caffeine and Octane

“Saturate yourself with your subject and the camera will all but take you by the hand.” — Margaret Bourke-White Early in the morning on the first Sunday of July I ventured forth to Caffeine and Octane. While Caffeine and Octane does sounds like a pretty … Read More

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A Random Thursday Evening

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” –Henry Ford  When Mark put out the call for an intern on a random Thursday evening, I checked with Starr to make sure we were free for that day and time. Turned out … Read More

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Dance Practice

Rose: Doesn’t the universe implode or something if you… dance? Doctor: Well, I’ve got the moves but I wouldn’t want to boast. Rose: You’ve got the moves? Show me your moves. From Doctor Who (modern) The Doctor Dances – Season 1, Episode 10 I dance, … Read More

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An adventure with a lady name Raven

“It’s not an adventure without a u-turn.” -My wife, Starr I’d like to say I’ve had a decent amount of adventures in my thirty-something years here on terra firma. My latest “adventure” was a male country/western singer photo shoot with former LeahAndMark.com intern and Alumni … Read More

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Lighting with a side of lightning and rain

“Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light.  Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.” -George Eastman Wednesday saw the first full gathering of the GR8 interns since we kicked things … Read More

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APG

“You’ve got to push yourself harder. You’ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You’ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.” – William Albert Allard  Atlanta Photographers Guild (APG) is where I got back into photography. It’s funny thinking … Read More

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Cheers for Children

“A person’s a person, no matter how small.” - Horton the Elephant from Horton Hears a Who! by Theodor Seuss Geisel aka Dr Seuss My internship is almost half way over. Doesn’t seem like it should be, but time waits for no man and all … Read More