Dana and I have been friends for such a long time. We went to high school together – but didn’t become good friends until our early 20’s. Dana is by far one of the most confident, strong, amazing woman that I have in my life. She has told me for years to start my on photography business. .. again she had more confidence in me then I did in myself. When I started my business and then it started taking off – I knew I owed it to this lifelong friend of mine – to face my fear of leaving my children, face my fear of flying and go and photograph her beautiful family. What a gift her friendship is in my life – and I love that I was able to do this for her…OK – onto the day of the shoot. .. I arrive at Dana’s house before our shoot so that she can show me the location that she has picked out. As we arrive at the location, the panic starts to set in….. there isn’t an ounce of shade… and to top it off it is drier then Sahara…ok..quick… lets go check out the beach she wanted to shoot at…… YIKES – even worse…..a rocky beach with no shade… We quickly drive to a couple of other locations … come to find out – Cardiff – while beautiful – doesn’t offer alot of shade…. anwhere. I take a deep breath and believe in L.L.P and decide to head to the first location. There was alot to contend with during this shoot – but in the end -I love what I captured and I realized that I need to just believe in myself the way that she did so many years ago.
