I'd like to go ahead and answer this here if its ok. If not, forward it to the other thread. My best photography to date, has to be the shots I took of Adam back in mid-January of this year.
Backstory: We had JUST been flooded out of our home, had to swim for it in the middle of the night, waist deep in freezing cold river water. We lost clothes, food, some personal items, but by some miracle our trailer didn't get picked up and turn into a houseboat. The Red Cross came (they were dispatched from a hundred miles away!) and gave us money to replace our food, clothes, propane, and gave us shelter. Our very dear friends 60 miles away invited us into their home and gave us food and a warm bed. We stayed a weekend, and they have a huge farm Their animals are all raised to love people, to eat out of your hand and trust everyone, and I gotta say, there is nothing sweeter for the soul than grooming a horse that patiently listens to every word you say.
We were broken and beaten by that river. It took us both about 6 weeks to emotionally recover. One of the big aspects of that healing process, was photography. Adam has a chronic illness that is progressive. He won't be here much longer, maybe 5-6 years. He's only 41. He's lived a complete life, and experienced the good and the bad. He's a country/rock/folk musician with family roots in the moonshine hills of Kentucky who was, about a decade ago, making it big. Now he performs locally for private parties. He has a golden voice that melts butter and can make the knees of every girl from age 15 to 115, quake and quiver. He plays the acoustic guitar, bamboo flute, banjo, harmonica.... just thinking about his music makes me miss it even more. Thank GOD we recorded it and uploaded it to reverbnation already, so its there forever to replay. Anyway, knowing what is to come, with his health, and how his body will physically change much too quickly for him, I asked him if I could take some "modeling" photos while we were at the barn staying with our friends. He was up for it, so I snapped about 70 photos, and from them chose these very special ones, which I have full sized, at this blog Healing through the camera lens | It's Not What You Know....
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