2009 has been an incredible year so far, and with a little over one month left to go, it doesn't shoe signs of slowing down!  And that is a good thing, but it has meant that there is so much that hasn't yet been blogged.  I love to write, and blogging has been such a wonderful way for me to feed that desire, but now that I'm writing a book, I get to satisfy my need to put words on paper in another way.  Not to worry, though, the book will be complete early in the New Year, and I have no doubt that I will be overwhelmed with the need to write here once again.

Earlier this year, we had the incredible good fortune to speak in Brazil - it was an incredible experience in every way, from the initial contact with the people from FHOX, through to the people we met at the convention, to our time on Ihla Bella.  The photographers we met were, without exception, some of the most sincere and kind people we have ever talked to, and their enthusiasm for photography was contagious.

It has been so great keeping in touch with many of the people we met in Brazil, and just yesterday, another photographer surprised us with a lovely Thank You.  Mauro Stanichesk of Staniarty Photografia sent us a wonderful collage of images from our time on the stage in Brazil...and summed up the experience perfectly for us.  I wanted to publicly say Thank You for taking the time to put this together for us - and to share with all of you!