Positive Affirmations

I've been asked to take some photos as the wedding of a good family friend/cousin. In fact I used to babysitt little Tricia -- tomorrow she's getting married. I warned Tricia's mom, Andrea, that I was a TOTAL amateur and they would get what they paid for with me. Fortunately they have a professional taking the formal picture, so I'm not the ONLY source of tangible memories for this mementos day. Nevertheless, I'm a little concerned that I won't be any good.

So in an effort to remind myself , "I can do hard things!", I went back looking through some of the photos that I've taken this past year. I was reminded that for every 100 photos I take (and I'm not exaggerating there) I get one really good picture that I feel has "thick description" (see anthropologist Clifford Gertz).

I wanted to post a few of my photos that speak to me:

My cousin Troy's daughter, Claire

Caught this one weekend while out riding ATVs
My Grandpa Schaub playing cards.
My mother at her father's funeral.
Can you feel it?