I'll be completely honest - the past 10 days have been relentlessly endless. This blog is not generally a space where I share my personal life but I really did just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has sent sms's, flowers, cards, food, flowers, biral, organised details when I couldn't think... to those people who have chipped in for our counselling sessions and I heard rumours about a weekend away somewhere? Honestly, everyone I know has been AMAZING. Which does ease this most awful hollow pain somewhat - it's just really nice to know that people out there care.

Thank you too for everyone who trekked out to Wellington on Sunday for Jude's memorial service as well as all the hands behind the scenes who made it happen... it was as beautiful as it could have been.

To all the other photographers I know who read my blog - this whole experience has made me realise that what we do for people is important. We tell it to our clients all the time - 'at the end of your big day, all you will really have to show for it are your photos'.  This is so very true for life. Carry on taking amazing photos for people and know what you are doing makes a difference to people. It's easy to fall into the trap of getting competitive or super-creative in this industry. Just take beautiful images that your clients can treasure. It matters.

So slowly getting back into some sort of 'normality'. I'll be responding to emails sent in the next week or two. It was pretty cool the other day we were on the way to the memorial service and stopped for a coffee at Willowbridge. I'll be the first to admit we were swimming in way more than just a pond of self-pity, when I looked accross and saw some of my images printed huge for @Home. It did something to lift the spirits. This is one of the ones they've printed and is quite symbolic of how I've been feeling the past few days.

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Girish

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It's good to know you are slowly surfacing up from the loss. It's surely hard and tough but I think it's important that you come out of it. Memories and photographs will always be there for us to remember someone. I completely believe in that.

Blogging is like a second family. So many people get attached.

You are a great photographer, keep up the good work and smile. :)

Thursday 18 March 2010, 04:27

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