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nighttime swimming hole in north carolina
Camp Dearborn, Timber Shores, Silver Lake -- memories of my youth: jumping off docks, swimming, water skiing, inner tubes (the kind made of scorching black rubber that attracted horse flies & their horrible bites, along with that long, deadly valve that was sure...
I didn’t know I was a food photographer!
I’m not sure it was our first meeting, but my enrollment in a tactical training course led me to meet Alessandro Folchitto. Larger than life, Alex as his sister calls him, teaches this course using his experience as an Italian Special Forces Officer of the 9th Assault...
the girl in the orange dress
A $6 Goodwill purchase turns out to be instrumental in defining my vision for my photography business. How can that be? Often I envision photographic images that involve me but in order to execute the idea, I need assistance. One such idea was an...
What’s in My Bag?
Please read my full article on ShotKit here Hello, my name is Dailyn Matthews and I am a travel/adventure photographer. I bought for my first camera, a Nikon EM, at age 18. Most of my life, people saw in me what I did not see . . . until recently. I was...
stuntwoman – my job is me
Trying to explain to people where I’m at in my life at this moment is quite challenging. I’m no longer responsible for anyone – – no husband, no partner, no children, no house, no huge responsibilities tugging on me. I rent a space to live in. I paid off...
if you search for lost relatives, you will find
Meschede, Germany - October 2018 A piece of paper with a family tree scribbled on it and two business cards, was all I had to go off of. Since my childhood, I longed to discover my family’s roots in a particular small town in Germany. Whenever Germany was mentioned in...
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