Every once in a while, you just need a good chat with a friend to break away from your own boring life for a while, and tap into someone elses life for a little bit. I was online chatting with Carrie Becker tonight. We had a really nice time discussing just whatever came up in conversation.


Carrie is a not only a wife and a mommy, but also a talented portrait photographer who works a lot with children and pets. I'm guessing she's a lot like me, in that we both enjoyed photographing our own children so much, that it branched out into other peoples children as well. And pets? While fun to photograph, they can be just as big of a challenge as babies, so I know she's good.


After we logged off tonight, I just felt inspired to go grab a shot of the boys before they headed off to bed. It just so happened that they were both on the sofa, watching mommy take down the last of the christmas ornaments. I haven't been picking up the camera as much lately, so I figured I'd better fix that. Of course, Ian decided he was either going to blink, look away, or over do every smile he threw my way. So when I grabbed this shot of Eli looking over at one of Ian's cheesy smiles, I knew it was the keeper for tonight.


It's always great to build on the casual relationships that some of us have built thru pbase, and to turn them into a great friendship. Jim, Mike, and Clark are far too busy for me now-a-days, so now Carrie is my NEW BFF! And if all else fails, I'm going to steal all her photography secrets and leave her for dead somewhere. ;)


Thanks for the great chat tonight, Carrie, and for the inspiration.