january to june 2009 couldn't have been more crazy or up and down, good and bad. needless to say, it's been emotionally draining. and for it to all happen while i'm in a foreign country just makes it exponentially exhausting.
the year started out with a major breakup with my girlfriend. what made it stranger is that we still lived together because you needed at least 3 months notice for the apartment. in the next weeks, i bought a new nikon d700 and went to 9 countries in 3 days. that of course led to more roadtrips around europe as i traveled to 6 more countries in the next weeks. it was my release from the breakup. it worked. little by little.
living together with your ex girlfriend isn't the best thing in the world and also not the worst thing in the world. i still don't know how we did it, but we did it. and i'm glad that we did it AND got through it.
in may, i had my first shooting in a long long time. this was in vienna and of course was a huge milestone for me. this led to more shootings in seattle, in vienna again, and in london and frankfurt last weekend. all in all, i shot more pictures in the past month than i did in all of 2008. not bad at all.
i've met some great people and have more tremendous opportunities in the days ahead. i'll be in romania to shoot with a modeling agency and back in london again to shoot with a fashion editor and stylist who's contributed to vanity fair and vogue italia. like wow. notice i say vogue italia and not just vogue. because there is a difference. a huge one. and i hope this happens.
of course this news would be much better if our dog, bailey, didn't pass away. it happened monday night and i've been grieving since. we've had him for many years and i even flew him from dallas to seattle. he's family and a friend and a teddy bear of a dog. i miss him and will always miss him.
all in all, the last 6 months could have been more relaxing or "normal" but i've learned that life doesn't always work out that way. and regardless if you have good news or bad news, you have to learn to keep moving forward. at the same time, try to savor the moments and celebrate them before they pass you by.
the year started out with a major breakup with my girlfriend. what made it stranger is that we still lived together because you needed at least 3 months notice for the apartment. in the next weeks, i bought a new nikon d700 and went to 9 countries in 3 days. that of course led to more roadtrips around europe as i traveled to 6 more countries in the next weeks. it was my release from the breakup. it worked. little by little.
living together with your ex girlfriend isn't the best thing in the world and also not the worst thing in the world. i still don't know how we did it, but we did it. and i'm glad that we did it AND got through it.
in may, i had my first shooting in a long long time. this was in vienna and of course was a huge milestone for me. this led to more shootings in seattle, in vienna again, and in london and frankfurt last weekend. all in all, i shot more pictures in the past month than i did in all of 2008. not bad at all.
i've met some great people and have more tremendous opportunities in the days ahead. i'll be in romania to shoot with a modeling agency and back in london again to shoot with a fashion editor and stylist who's contributed to vanity fair and vogue italia. like wow. notice i say vogue italia and not just vogue. because there is a difference. a huge one. and i hope this happens.
of course this news would be much better if our dog, bailey, didn't pass away. it happened monday night and i've been grieving since. we've had him for many years and i even flew him from dallas to seattle. he's family and a friend and a teddy bear of a dog. i miss him and will always miss him.
all in all, the last 6 months could have been more relaxing or "normal" but i've learned that life doesn't always work out that way. and regardless if you have good news or bad news, you have to learn to keep moving forward. at the same time, try to savor the moments and celebrate them before they pass you by.
