Pete and Dee...

We just got back from our trip to Hawaii. Never really thought of going to Hawaii until Sherri was talking with my cousin Dee earlier in the year. Pete and Dee live in Hawaii and they invited us to come visit. They have invited us to visit many times before (in the many places that they have lived such as Paris and DC), but it never seemed to work out. It had been around 20 years since we had actually seen each other face to face. Nothing like a trip to Hawaii to catch up... I would have to say that it was one of the most relaxing and fun weeks that we have had on a vacation. Pete and Dee were gracious hosts and super tour guides. If you know me, then you know that I always take a few cameras with me on a vacation. For Hawaii, I had to pack light... I took photos with my Leica M6, my Canon 6D, my Polaroid 680SLR and my iPhone. These were both taken with my Leica M6 using Kodak Ektar 100 film. More to come, but I wanted to share these two photos first...

my best friend...

Most of the time, my pictures on this blog are a way for me to document and bring awareness to the things that are important to me. That is why the majority of my photos involve portraits of people. That being said, the most important person to me that resides on this earth is my partner in this life, my companion/helper when I'm at my best and at my worst, easily someone that I proudly call my best friend. How lucky am I to get to call Sherri my wife and how lucky are we as a family to have her as the mother of our two girls.

Happy Mother's Day to my best friend...