I hate to say it. Our cameras don’t mean a damn thing. Its about what we see, and what we shoot. Here are a roll of photos from a $3 camera I got at good will. It’s a Canon point and shoot with a zoom.  Some (most?) suck. Some are not bad. The camera was $3 at goodwill. The film was $5. Developing was $10. If you can’t do remarkably better with whatver Canikon you’re shooting now, maybe you need to rethink what your’re doing and, why?

I have a project I’m working on with photos and stories at www.domesticviolencearoudus.com. The driver behind it is the reality that 1:4 women will experience domestic violence at some point in their life. This is horrifying to me.

I did photos with a brave volunteer this Saturday about 6 hours from home, then came home Sunday after going another hour north to stay at my cousin’s house over night. I posted the photos and story tonight. Doing so brought tears to my eyes. I guess there’s supposed to be some shame in that for me, but, I don’t see how you can’t cry, at least internally after reading the story.

I’ll continue to do the work. If they can suffer through it, then be brave enough to share it, then I can do my part…