Heather and I spent the weekend together with a bunch of other photographers – we had great talks with our friend Tammy from Creative Images by Tammy and met Judy and Joe of Joseph G Johnston (true masters of the craft!). It’s truly an amazing encouragement to be involved with the larger photographic community! We were grateful to hear Jeff and Julia Woods speak and share their experiences growing their studio. It’s like Henri Nouwen once said, the best teachers are those who can articulate the inner realities of their own experiences and allow their words to become a sort of road map for their students to do the same – but only with the students’ heart, mind and soul instead of the teacher’s.
I’ve been a fan of the Woods’ work for a long time; it was great to meet them both in person and discover we share more than an obvious love of the craft. We also share similar values for how it should be done, by incorporating a priority for family and relationships (even though it’s tough sometimes and we fall short more often than not), and by maintaining a view of the world that believes its foundation is built on agape Love itself (perhaps best described in 1 Cor. 13).
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