It was great to see you, @amberjyang, today as well. Come back to Minneapolis soon!

Thanks, @cransi! I appreciate the encouragement!

It's been bad, @bozz, but not as hard as 2017 - 2020. That was the worst for me. The worst of it was at the end which dovetailed nicely with the pandemic. A lot of good came through for those that didn't

Thanks, @skiptvads! Man, and I just watched BTC take a $2K hit. We're going to be feeling pain for quite some time, I'm afraid.

Thank you, @orinoquense!

Thank you, @triplug! The camera actually does help. This is my first mirrorless camera and I've been amazed at what it can do with exposures and focus. Also, some of the recent updates to Photoshop's Bridge

They are, @benk07! I've been really fortunate to work with so many professionals. Thanks for the comment.

Thank you, @pippo84!

Thank you, @an-man! We've been working on this project for over a year so we're all really excited about it.

I can see your distain for all of this in the first remark, @leoplaw. "Why not go all the way?", well, because I do value human inspired art and words and Hive has always been a therapeutic platform

You said, “I won’t do asylums, or small spaces.”, and that’s like….the job, lol.😂 There were some other roadblocks at the time, too. I was traveling constantly, then COVID. Maybe one day.

Thanks, @bozz! She did. Yeah. She was excellent to work with. She took it seriously and that made this so much better. We got about 13". It wasn't the storm I thought we were getting. A minor

@derangedvisions, thanks, man! I've made a career out of candles and little antique lamps, lol

@benk07 I really try to mix up poses, and that's tough after 22 years of shooting. IMO, it's one of the biggest contributors to what makes photos look passé. I never want to just lean a model against a

Thank you, @losoni! I appreciate that. She makes it easy.

Thanks, @castleberry! Yeah. I took me longer to get to these then it should have. Hopefully they're worth the wait. I'm constantly inundated with edits so the backlog is long.

Thank you, @sperosamuel15! She is. I miss her. She's such a great partner to collaborate with.

Thank you, @abrarhussain! Always appreciate your kind support.

Thank you, @donnadavidart! I love when people say they can feel a story in one of my images. It's the highest of praise.

Thank you, @lunitu! Yeah. The guy that got me in to photography was a documentary photographer. I love his work, but that wasn't my path. I'm much happier shooting boudoir.