. I pulled together a stock photography shoot recently with some great models, and a beautiful location. A friend has a beautiful little house in the Alberta Arts District, and she graciously offered to let me photograph there. So I had my assistant Dan, my kid-wrangler Beth, and models Diana, Sapphira, Sahar, and Shelby join...
Well, it’s been quite the month for awards and interviews. Kamela Cody writes an interesting blog about fashion, art, style, design, etc, called Modern Girl Style. She recently approached me, after seeing my photography online, and asked if she could interview me for her site. I was happy to oblige. In this interview, I share...
Great article Fritz! It’s nice to read an article by someone I know and respect. As much as I feel I know someone, I’m continually amazed at how much I don’t know about them until I read an article like this.
Congratulations!
We’ve been in Jerusalem for several days, and while the city is overwhelming, it’s also fascinating. As with most of Israel, literally layers up on layers of history are beneath every step you take here. The Temple Mount is a far more massive space than I’d ever imagined. It is quite disappointing to have Muslim...
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I remember people I had been friends with since before I could walk becoming totally different people, seemingly over-night…You’re right, everyone is trying to figure out who they are, and though it may be intriguing from the outside, it was a painful, confusing process at the time.
I’ll have to work on taking some more horrific photos of junior high, I guess. What specifically do you remember that was terrible?
Uh, yeah, no. Junior high was my own personal two year nightmare. But your photographs of Jr. High kids don’t make me think of that at all – they make me think of them the way you describe them in your comment there.
Hey, I wasn’t home schooled, but I did go to Christian schools most of my education. I did go to public school in the 9th grade (the last year it was a Junior High). It was mostly a good experience.
When I worked on the Welcome to Wonderland project, photographing adolescents for several years, everybody I told about the project had the same reaction: I hated middle school! I guess my reaction to that age wasn’t quite so violent, although it wasn’t easy. (Ask me about being suspended for 2 days sometime….)
I really do enjoy photographing kids at that age, though. They’re a blast to watch: so dynamic, crazy, surprising, full of potential. They surtprise me all the time with their thoughts, abilities, creativity. They’re still trying to figure out who they are, and it’s a fun, touching process to watch.
No, junior high was the WORST! I’m glad someone enjoyed it…personally, I couldn’t wait to leave.
By the way, Mr. Home School, what are YOUR junior high memories? 
We have some friends who have been living and studying in China and Tibet for some time now. They recently returned to the states to have their first baby, by the name of Adaliah. They asked me to take a few photos of them before heading back to Asia. I don’t photograph babies too often,...
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