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WhenIr s tgoti nt ophot ogr a phy , I wa ss c a r edt oma k ef r i ends .I ha dbeena r oundl ongenought os eet heugl y s i deoft hei ndus t r y .Al l i tt a k esi sal i t t l ebi tofdr a maf ort hi smommat os t i c kherhea di nt hes a nd. Buthe r e ’ swhatnobodyt e l l sy ou:T hi sj obi sal onel yone .S ur e , wegett os eea ndi nt er a c twi t hc l i ent s …dur i ng ours es s i ons .T hos ewhoment orgett hes a t i s f a c t i onoft ha ts t udent / t ea c heri nt er a c t i on…whi l et hey’ r ement or i ng. Wedon’ tgot oaj obwi t hc owor k er swhomi ghts omeda yt ur ni nt of r i ends .T her ei snoha ppyhoura f t ert hes hi f t i sdone .Mos tofuswor ka r oundt hec l oc ka ndgetwha tl i t t l et i mewec a nwi t hourf a mi l i es .T ha t ’ sourl i f e . E nt erF a c ebook .Apl a c ewher ey ouc a nmeetot her swhounder s t a ndy ourl i f e . T hepl a c et ha tonc es howedmet heugl ys i deofphot ogr a phya l s obec a meapl a c eofc omf or t . I t ’ sapl a c ewher eI f oundt hec l os es tt hi ngI ’ l l ev erha v et oac owor k eri nt hephot ogr a phyi ndus t r y ; r ea l f r i ends .

I ’ m nots ur ehowt hei deaofar et r ea tc a meup.I ’ m gues s i ngs omeonei nourgr oups a i dhowmuc hf uni twoul d bei fwea l l metupa ndt hi ngst ookoﬀf r om t her e .Amyi sk i ndofourmot herhen, ourc a r et a k er .S her ea l l ygot t hi ngss eti nmot i on.I k nowI wa spr egna ntwhenwe r s ts t a r t edt a l k i nga bouti t . I k newt ha tma nypl a c esofi nt er es t( ehem, t hebea c h) woul dbeoutofboundsf orme . Y ouc a ni ma gi nehowec s t a t i cI wa swhenwea l l dec i dedonmyhomet own: Na s hv i l l e . Byt het i meourr et r ea tc a mea r ound, myl i t t l eguywa s5week sol d. I mi s s edoutont he r s tni ght , butwea l l mett hene x tmor ni ngt ogol ooka ts omewood( na t ur a l l y ! ) .

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V i s u a l d i f f e r e n c e s . . . . KNI TS:Youtypi cal l yseea“V”i nt hr oughoutt hepat t er n. Yar ni susual l yt hi nner ,st r et chi er . Pr opsar eof t ensof t eri nl ook,andcanmol dar oundf or m ofbaby. Hat s&bonnet scandr apeonbaby,andst r et char oundhead. Manychi nt i ebonnet sar ekni t ,duet ot hegr eatst r et ch.

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