Since the last entry I've changed quite a bit... or at least my situation has.

I'm no longer doing photography full-time though I still have a few regular clients. I now climb trees (among other things) for a living... that is, I'm an arborist. It's something I've been into one way or another since i was 17. My preferred model was my girlfriend of 7 years but that's been finished for while now so I'm looking for a muse. I hope I've already found her but she's still playing hard to get at the moment... yet another graphic artist, my taste is consistent anyway.

With all that's happened in the last few years I'm in a position to build a whole new life and that's exactly what I'm doing. Photography has been kind of perfunctory since I closed my studio a year ago. Only in the last couple of months have I started shooting for myself again. The nice thing is, I think my visual style is changing and I'm getting some images I really like. I'll post some soon though; DA has primarily been my portfolio for erotic imagery but I think I'll start posting some different stuff.

This weekend has been miserable, nothing going my way... it'll be better next week though. It seems like whenever I'm passive and laid back, people just use me... because I let them. Nothing wrong with that, it's human nature. But when I'm aggressive and socially active, things seem to go better. It's against my nature to be aggressive with people in general, but it does seem to get results.

Trees. Trees are my business. I'm focused on keeping them alive rather than cutting them down... but I still have to kill trees when the customer insists. Storm damage repair, restoration and fine technical pruning are what I do best but technical take downs (the ones over houses and power lines for instance) are also something I do well. My niche is high climbing, I rarely work from the ground. I like being the guy you call when all hell breaks loose and the situation is getting critical... so I both love and hate damaging storms. At least there are lots and lots of canopy trees where I am.

My kids are still my reason for being...

My girl is really coming into her own as a platform and springboard diver. She's still young at 9 but she already has a better list than I do. First time she dove from the 5 meter platform she didn't even hesitate, just stepped up and dove... what a champ! She also wants to climb trees with me so I've been grooming her for one of the most dangerous civilian jobs in the US. I have this vision of her 50' up with climbing saw rigging down some big stuff... I can't think of a man on this planet who could resist a cute, buff chick in a tree with a chainsaw.

My boy was this peaceful, comedic kid who never stopped smiling... now, playing lacrosse as point defender he's anything but peaceful and comedic... if you carry the ball near his crease, expect to be on your back trying to catch your breath. It surprised me the first time he flattened an attacker, I didn't know what to think... but now that I see him do it several times a game I think, "That's MY boy!" He still never stops smiling. Girls have started calling him every night (6th grade!)... that REALLY makes me think, "That's MY boy!"

Maybe I'll spend some more time creating deviations here pretty soon... that's what I want anyway.