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It's funny what becomes the subject of a photographer's shot when waiting for the event to happen. Sometimes the best images are taken not of the event, but of the external happenings on the sidelines.

This little boy was photographed while waiting for his cousin to emerge from the church doors after her communion in a small church ended.

Funny things can happen when you attempt to go pro. I've started shooting more on the weekends, whether paid or not paid, I'm trying to be as professional as possible.

Upon arriving at a client's home, I toured the residence to survey the lighting, then revisited my car to get equipment. I brought everything into their house and began shooting. Fairly soon into the shoot I decided it would be best to set up my lights... Now if only I BROUGHT them. I had my umbrellas, my stands, reflector, boom arm, dimmer, light meter... You'd think I'd actually remember to bring the lights. And the beauty of it is that the clients were stellar.

"We're so sorry our house is so dark!"

I wanted to hug them. Where else could you find clients who apologize for the low lighting in their house when in actuality it was my fault that I forgot one of the most necessary items to photograph portraits? And so taking it as a lesson, I continued the shoot by incorporating everything I knew to compensate for my blondness.

Ok... not so bad. But I'm pretty certain I'll remember those lights next time!

Every photo-mama's proudest moment! ... My sister asked me to photograph my niece's communion in 2010, but when we got there discovered that the church only allowed a certain number of people inside. So I stayed outside with my son. My friend and great photographer, Manish Gosalia, was shooting the event as well, and had brought his small point-and-shoot, which Cole is holding in this image. Manish had given Cole a few pointers with the camera then let him shoot. This is me shooting Cole shooting.

I love to see my son messing with cameras of any kind :)

Waiting outside the church for his cousin's communion to end, this little boy decided to become a tree hugger...