Vermont | 2005

I was one of the few “newbies” on the trek. I was learning at a crazy, accelerated rate.  But I had shot every possible angle of a horse, down to a rear-end-on photo of a tail. Hmmm…. interesting viewpoint. I pressed the shutter. What about the row of hanging belts? And the box of elastic chiffon ribbons? The feet of the horse vaulting over the jump! I was shooting, ooohing, aaahing and “chimping” when I was struck by a thought.  It was as if I had been hit by lightening!

I was a photographer! Not a skilled one yet, but all of a sudden everywhere I looked I saw opportunities. Ka-ching! The reflective motorcycle! Ka-ching! The flame-print sneakers of a kid sitting on the bleachers! Ka-ching! The man on his cell phone leaning on the flagpole! Ka-ching! Ka-ching! I was seeing with a new type of vision!