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Saturday, March 04, 2006

What I did

After I left Hawaii,(??) I drove across the country with my Mother and Father.
Stopped in LV for a shot of Tom Jones. (thier idea)
Got to Pgh
Went to Penn State U for two semesters
Transfered to Brooks Institute, S.B. CA.
Graduated 1976
Took a job in a studio in Dallas Texas.(not the best move)
Lived in Dallas for 2 years.
Got married to first wife
Moved to Houston for less than year
Moved to NYC Jan 1979.
Worked as an assistant photographer for a Still Life Photographer.
Not much assisting. walked his dog. picked up his laundry.Got frustrated.
Quit.
Wallked across the hall. Plunked down 200.00 and started sharing
a studio with about 4 other photogaphers.
Not the best idea, but what was I to do?
One camera,3 lenses, one strobe unit and $1000.00.
First real client, Leggs Panty Hose.Can't mention
the "real" first one.
A flurry of various fashion and catalogue clients for a few years.
Moved into own studio with ONE other photog.
Got divorced.
spent a few years in a spin.(like 5)
Moved studio again. 3 photographers.
Did some personal improvement seminars.
Met Sarah Regina Mary O'donoghue White.
We call her Sally.
Gave the Catholic lots of money for an anullment.
Finally got my own studio. FAB!
Got married 1990
Got reading glasses 1990
Lived in Brooklyn.
Moved to New Haven, Ct.
(loved it there)
Long range commute to NYC
My buisness thrived. Entertainment,portraits,fashion,celebrity.
Bought a house, Maplewood.
Went to BC to fish for steelhead.
Improved My golf game.
Adopted Chloe(Xiaoxiao), 1997, from China
golf game went down
Gave up my studio in NYC.
Rent studio when I need it.
Adopted Maggie(Runying),2002,from China.
Yikes! 7 months apart!
Worked for awhile at the CC cutting grass 3 mornings a week.
Gave it up. Got in the way of my real deal.
Golf game got better.
It sure was fun.
etc, etc, etc.
Wrote this note.
Wish I didn't need glassses.
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E T R W B
t x a r e v

o d b r e



Thursday, March 02, 2006

What I still have to do.

Fish for atlantic salmon in New Brunswick
Fish for rainbow trout in Alaska
Surf on an obscure break in the south pacific
Fly a fighter Jet
Play a round of golf at St.Andrews
Golf at Pebble Beach
Play in a pro/am golf tournament
Get my hadicap into single digits
Photograph a president
Do an assignment for the New York Times Sunday magazine
Shoot a movie poster
Have a one man show in a gallery
Build my dream home
Buy the car of my dream
Fish on the border waters
Get an assignment from SI
Go to Yale Art School
Take a sabbatacal and make large prints from my images in a
rural setting.
Go to a Studio School and study sculpture
Get a Masters Degree