As you know, I have been taking pictures for a very long time - my best guess puts it at close to 40 years! From home developing of black and white negatives to now digitally processing and printing color images. It has been a steady path of improvement and learning - from more modern cameras (although I am still 2 - 4 generations behind the current market) to better lenses, larger printer, experimentation, learning to process digital images (still lots of work to do on this) and more to be acquired in due time.
But things took a turn for the better earlier this year. I visited our local agricultural fair on Ash Wednesday where a gentleman named Ralph was offering to teach picture framing to to anyone interested. He had done some framing for me in the past with great results so I signed up for the course. Over a couple months, we framed a few pictures and while in discussions with the owner, found out that he wanted to sell the business and stock as he was retiring to Florida. Hmmmm.....
Needless to say, we signed an intention to purchase and I am now in the process of buying everything from him.
So, by May 1 (give or take a couple days, government red tape and any unforeseen paperwork) I will be the owner of a custom picture framing business called" In the frame". It is my second foray into the world of private business (a change in countries killed the first one) but his one will require less of my personal time and allow me to become a bit artistic.
It will enhance the photography side by allowing me to customize my pictures before selling them. So far, interest in Cayman has been very positive.
Below are a couple pictures I took this morning. Minimal processing was done.
The first is of course a bee making his rounds this morning to the various flowers.
Bye for now!
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