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I just received a message from one of our Associate Photographers; Kerry Garrison of a quick snap he grabbed of me at Desiree & Craig’s wedding is now being shared on the website of one of my favourite vendors; Think Tank Photo. You can check it out HERE – I’m near the top of the page under Latest Posts. Awesome!

If we have worked together than you have seen either my Airport Security roller, my Airport Check In to protect my Mac Book Pro or my Pro Modulus Set otherwise known as my “Bat Belt.” Think Tank Photo consists of a group of designers and professional photographers focused on studying how photographers work, and developing inventive new carrying solutions to meet our needs. There is Doug Murdoch one of the Designers & the President, Mike Sturm an Award winning designer, Kurt Rogers a San Francisco Chronicle photojournalist, and Deanne Fitzmaurice a 2005 Pulitzer prize winner.

I absolutely love the products that Think Tank Photo offers. They focus on “speed” and “accessibility,” and prepare me to Be Ready “Before The Moment,” allowing me to capture those historic moments that reflect my personal visions and artistic talents. For some companies, it is only about the product. For Think Tank Photo, it is more: It is about supporting me doing my job. They design products that help me travel easier, take pictures faster, and organize my gear more efficiently.

Whether you’re a pro photographer, a semi-pro photographer or a hobbyist, I encourage you to check out their products. They are the best on the market & since you will be able to do your job more efficiently – this will allow you to perform more creatively for your clients and thus everyone having faces that look like this: :-) And! Your equipment will also be safer too. Which is good to know with all the people going around right now stealing photographer’s gear at weddings.

Check them out, you won’t regret it – cheers!

Some of you may have seen this on the Internet and some of you may have received this in your own email. I received this from a friend of mine & I thought I would share it with you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did – cheers!

What a difference a sad event in someone’s life makes. GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently died…)

Isn’t it amazing that George Carlin – comedian of the 70’s and 80’s – could write something so very eloquent…and so very appropriate.

A wonderful Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to life not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We’ve done larger things, but not better things.

We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We’ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete…

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent.

Remember, to say, I love you to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

If you don’t send this to at least 8 people….Who cares?

George Carlin