Where the photo love came from...

Starting this blog and this photography 'thing' has gotten me the question "why?" a lot, and "where did this come from?” which got me to thinking just that, "why?!?”. But the answer is pretty clear to me, it truly is "in my blood".

I literally grew up in front of a camera, seriously, my entire life since the day I was born has been documented-by the minute- by an old Leica camera my dad had. Posed pictures were a favorite, and now as I have acquired my new found passion I understand why as a kid we would pose for pictures for an infuriating 5 minutes at a time while my dad fiddled with his camera until it was ‘just right’. In honor of that, and my crazy childhood behind a 35 mm film camera I'm posting a few old school pictures of my parents and their "posed” pictures, because I've never met two people in my life who loved being in front (and behind) of a camera more than my Mami and Papi.

...and yea, that's me!