Lessons in Photography & Life
A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from somebody I had never met before. His name is Tom and he found me through some of our products and our new onOne Exchange site. He gave me some good feedback on the new blog site and looking objectively, would have to agree that he was right and subsequently made those changes. Tom went on to share with me a little bit about himself and his passion for photography and then shared with me that he has MS which, as you might suspect, is a pretty challenging condition in and of itself, but can make photography a little harder as well.
Tom also told me about how he had contacted Joe McNally to see if he would help him with a photo project he was trying to complete. You can read about that project at Joe's blog. It's a must read for several reasons.
Personally, I've taken 2 things away after reading Joe's blog entry.
1. There's always something more you can learn about photography. Seeing how Joe and his team approached this project shows what a professional Joe really is. It also shows what a quality individual Joe is as well as his team. Joe gets nothing out of this shoot other than the satisfaction of helping someone out who deserved some help. Kudos to Joe.
2. The other thing I took from this is how lucky I am. Since I read Tom's story on Joe's blog a week ago, I've reminded myself everyday that the little things that I have to deal with every day, are indeed little compared to what Tom has to deal with. Tom's story of dealing with MS and being a fighter are an inspiration to me and I've stopped myself several times over the past week alone to stop and appreciate that I'm able to do things with my son and daughter without the challenges Tom faces and to appreciate those moments even more.
Go read that blog entry now if you haven't already.
Tom is setting up a blog to help inspire people (with or without MS) to overcome challenges in Photography. I'll be sure to let everybody I know about it as soon as it's up and running as Tom has already inspired me and it has nothing to do with photography.
Keep up the fight Tom.