A Little News

The last day of the year is a good day to stop and say thanks. First of all, I am alive and well and that is really something to be thankful for. I have a great family and that is the next best thing to be thankful for. Amid all the ups and downs of 2007, I was blessed to be able to start this blog. I am having a blast doing this.

Many, many people have helped me in this profession and there is nothing I can do to repay them except to pass along to others in the same way they passed along to me. So thank you to all who have helped me along in my career, especially Dave Martin, a former AP staff photographer who worked in Alabama for many years and gave me excellent advice over and over again and helped me get through some of the bumps in my career.

I also want to say thanks to Clint Shelton who, with his father Barrett Shelton, own and operate The Decatur Daily. Without Clint’s permission and indulgence to start with, this blog would not have happened. As you have noticed, it has been populated with photos from The Decatur Daily almost exclusively. So to the Shelton family, many thanks, not just for this blog but also for keeping me on the payroll.

Finally, thanks to all of you who read this blog. It is so much more fun and satisfying to write something and know that people are reading it than it is to just be writing it to cyberspace. I hope this blog continues to be a blessing in your life and I hope that I can continue to impart something to you that will be useful in your career. I am glad we have all arrived at the end of this year. I look forward to what 2008 holds in store. From my family to all of you, have a blessed, happy and prosperous new year. And like they used to say on Hill Street Blues, lets be careful out there!