Well, that didn’t start out the way I planned…

I paid for a full year of this website and never launched it. Really, I had great ideas! I had time! Thank you pandemic! But I had no will to build this. I was and to an extent, still am languishing. So without further adieu, here is the restart of my art website. No people stuff. Nature, birds, abstract, etc…some images will have people - maybe.

So I’m launching the site. With it being nearly 40% there. I normally launch sites at 75% or 80%, because perfect is the enemy of good. Today, barely there is good enough, for now.

Not that I want to launch a less than half done site, but because if I don’t, it will stay half done. Forever. So I will through this out there for the world to see and hope that the Universe will be kind, supportive and understanding that I REALLY want to get this out there. And then I also know I am not alone. That at least some of you are reading this and nodding your heads. And for that I thank you.

Welcome to my other photo gig!

I love photographing people. It feeds my soul to be able to save memories for families not yet born. Your grandkids will have only photos and maybe a few videos of you and your spouse/parents/siblings/best friends…

But there’s another part of me that is drawn to nature and to birds of prey especially. My college had an environmental program with resident raptors. Unreleasable birds kept for educational purposes. I was fascinated by them.

I soon became aware of a local nature center which also had unreleasable birds - and they were looking for volunteers!

To take the birds for a walk.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.