Her last wish was to talk to me one last time...

A year ago, I was making plans with her. She was going to move here from baltimore when her lease expired and we'd finally be together.

Then, there was a car accident that broke her collarbone.

This was followed by the diagnoses of inoperable brain cancer and a month of daily chemo and radiation treatment.

I found out in January that the cancer had spread through the rest of her body and she was in the hospital. I wanted to get to see her while she was still alive. But, she didn't want me to see her in the condition she was in. (which was described to me as grey, skeletal, her veins had burst from the treatments, and she looked worse than something from a horror movie)

Earlier tonight, I was notified that she was being taken off the respirator but wanted to talk to me one last time before she died. All she wanted was to hear my voice again. Her family had to sneak her phone into the room and dial it for her.

I spoke with her for about 5 minutes before she had to go because she was too weak to talk.

Now, she's with me in my heart and memories. And free from suffering.

Rest in peace Brighteyes...I will miss you.

Some new stuff

First, a couple shots from vacation followed by a pair from a recent photo shoot.

On vacation

Friday morning I left with the company I work for on the annual company vacation.

This year it's a Disney vacation...a week in orlando, with a wide assortment of entertaining activities to do. (and I only have to pay for my food)

On the way down, we saw the flaming wreckage of what was either an SUV or a minivan.


Then, saturday morning I did my share of driving in torrential downpours while driving through southern Georgia and north florida. (though I didn't take pictures as I was driving)

Saturday night we went to a great club called "The Castle" near Tampa. I met some cool people, saw some scary people, and took a lot of pictures of the things I found interesting....




These have not been edited properly yet. I've only had this laptop for about a week and I haven't had time to properly compare the results of photoshop on this vs my desktop. So I've only resized and applied watermarks to the images thus far.

Today was a cookout. It rained a lot. (naturally) It was still fun to meet new people and have a lot of fun conversations.

Tomorrow we journey to Orlando. We will be staying in condos for a week, going to pirate dinner theatre, mystery theatre, disney stuff, and more. We were promised to be taken out every night for drinking...(which I hope to avoid since I don't drink)

Guess I'll take a look at today's photos and see if anything was worth taking....

Not a lot going on.

It's been a fun few weeks.

I was on the set of the movie "All's Faire in Love" last week. Where I shot a lot of pictures of various stars. (including Ann Margaret, Christina Ricci, Matthew Lillard, Marty Klebba, and more)

Unfortunately I am under contract to not release or post those images online until the movie is released. So you're not going to be able to see them for at least another year.

Instead, here's some other images from the Michigan ren faire.

What's next?

I'm sitting here, wondering what sort of imagery to share next. Should it be something artsy and nude? Or maybe something moody and monochromatic? I guess if I'm going to jump the shark that is posting nude work on here, I may as well get it over with. So, here is the lovely Dreamscapes taking part in my "playing with light" series.

Didn't make it out last night.

Well, I didn't make it out like I'd planned last night. I decided to lie down for a nap around 7 and didn't end up waking up till midnight. (I've been oversleeping a lot lately...must be due to the cooler weather)

Oh well, here's something before I go to work.

Wired...or Rewired?

I'll be going out to the club(s) tonight. As much as I dislike the dramafest that is IGUN, I've been invited to take pictures of the Dark Carnival that is going to be taking place.

Odds are I'll have more pictures like this one by the end of the night. Hopefully better than this one...