Hello all,

I’ve gotta say this has been an incredible ride so far, this whole photography business thing. I created my business at the same time as Kim this past January, which coincidentally probably wouldn’t have happened without her. She has been so supportive, helpful, and just all around perfect for having as a business partner and soon to be MY partner (we’re engaged, wedding is in May) – to which I can’t wait. Business has been incredible. Every one of my clients has told me they were happy and I couldn’t have been happier with each and every one of them either. I wanted to start this business to have fun with photography and I feel like I’ve completely surpassed my goal of making it fun and I can’t wait for it to continue. Thank you to every person that I’ve been lucky enough to work with and I look forward to meeting more people just like you.

I may have mentioned before on my site that I actually work a 9-5 (well actually an 8-4) job, in which I’m a digital retoucher for an amazing architect photographer in Philadelphia, Barry Halkin. It’s been a great learning experience, I actually get to work with images from a 39 megapixel camera – that’s right 39!, and he is such a great boss. The other great part about working there is that it’s in the photography business but it allows me to work at my wedding and portrait photography because it’s not competition. So I’ve been incredibly busy, which is great and tiring at the same time, I’m just starting to figure out how to schedule and manage it all, but thankfully I enjoy every bit of it.

Kim and I are also house hunting right now (actually condo hunting) which is another incredibly time consuming task that can get very frustrating at times, but I’m sure it will be all worth it and I honestly CAN NOT WAIT to wake up next to Kim every morning, that always makes my day better when I do. Kim is such a perfect fit to me and I know I’m going to enjoy the rest of my life with her beautiful smile and beautiful attitude, she truly is special to me.

As I’m sure most of you who follow my blog know, I also really enjoy nature photography. That is kind of what got me into the whole thing, and I try to post some of that here once in a while. Well another project that I’ve been working on with my dad is a stock photography website in which we can post some of our images and sell them to anybody who would like them. The website is www.naturesdomain.us and people can buy prints, digital files, or a few other products of some the the nature images my father and I have taken over the past few years. We are hoping to add some other photographers so that we can have a large collection of excellent nature photography in one place for people to search through and purchase. Check it out if you have some time and let me know what you think.

I guess that will about do it for now, I’ve got to get back to edit more photos. Thanks again to all my amazing clients and stop back soon to see some more photography.

Ray

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