Ryan is trans and so very full of stories they want to tell. We live in a rural community and they didn't have an outlet for all of their ideas and creativity. Then I moved to the area during the pandemic, and we met a year or so after that. I have ideas, they have ideas, the studio is full of activity when we get together. There may be a span in our generations but we can share ideas, and laughter and create together.
It has taken me quite a while to consider myself a photographer.In my lifetime I have been daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, empty nester, widow, and partner.Never in those years was I a photographer. Frankly, except for family memories, I didn't have time. Some might, and have said that I am stubborn.I prefer determined.When I had time later in my life to learn new skills, I decided to be determined about photography.It has been a Life changing,challenging new skill. I have always seen stories in the world around me,now I have a way to tell them.