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This past week I was invited to shoot a Dance Show at the Middle School in Cary, NC. Like the recent band event that I shot, this too was very new to me and certainly more challenging. Why? Take a low light venue with fast paced action that you want to freeze and not have the use of flash as a option. Now that's a challenge.

Despite all that, when I look at the shots , I can't help but think about the dedication it must have take by each girl in preparing for this show. The time and discipline it took to pull it all off, wow, amazing. Oh, lets not forget the dedication from their teacher.

I have to say, even if I wasn't doing the photography for this, it's a show I would not want to have missed.

To Fine Wine and Good Friends

To Fine Wine and Good Friends
Originally uploaded by -shawn-

Meeting people, ones you actually like to hang out with, is no easy feat. Now imagine how difficult it is to meet new friends when you move 900 miles away from where you grew up all your life.

To make things even more challeging, imagine you work out of your home and your only contact is by phone.

So, after relocating to Cary, NC, a place where you "can't get there from here" , from Boston, where everything is just a hop, skip or a jump away, meeting people was WAY challenging. (ok, Cary isn't that bad :) )

If this isn't the first blog entry you've read, then you know that the local gym is a major hang out for me. And it's there that I come to know so many wonderful people. Being that we all have fitness in common AND that people into fitness generally do not mind having their picture taken. (a little vain are we?) we have hung out with a bunch of wonderful folks.

Of those, there are some that have become very good friends, and this passed weekend was proved it.

I won't bore you with all the details, but , this toast and entry is to them!