{"id":2264,"date":"2011-11-09T16:39:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T21:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2011-11-09T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T21:39:18","slug":"personal-30-day-photography-challenge-inspirational-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-30-day-photography-challenge-inspirational-person","title":{"rendered":"Personal | 30 Day Photography Challenge | Inspirational Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2266\" href=\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-30-day-photography-challenge-inspirational-person\/attachment\/9-person\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2266\" title=\"day 9 inspiring person\" src=\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/9-person-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"inspiring person\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/9-person-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/9-person-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/9-person-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/9-person-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/9-person.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Camera used: iPhone 4S<br \/>\nProgram used: \u00a0Instagram<br \/>\nFilter used: \u00a0Hudson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Day 9: Inspiring Person.<\/strong><\/span> It goes without saying to most people that know me that the most inspiring person in my life was my Dad. \u00a0He died from cancer in 2006 and not a day goes by that I don&#8217;t think of him. \u00a0My Mom and brother died when I was 13 and ever since my Dad and I were a team. \u00a0He was my best friend. \u00a0Beyond that though, he was an amazing human being. \u00a0It was very rare that I would ever hear him speak ill of someone and it was ever rarer that he would ever dislike someone without giving them a chance. \u00a0He had the most amazing sense of humor. \u00a0He also was a great listener. \u00a0He never stopped being curious about the world. \u00a0Nature inspired him more than anything else. \u00a0He had a big heart and would do anything for those he loved and considered friends his family. \u00a0I hope that someday I am half the man my father was.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I know it&#8217;s such an old, worn out tale in the photography world. <em> I became a photographer because my Daddy put a camera in my hands when I was still in diapers and that&#8217;s why I have 30 years of experience when I am 30 years old.<\/em> However in my case, it&#8217;s true. \u00a0Well save for that rot about the diapers and 30 years of experience thing LOL. \u00a0When I was a kid, I was most definitely Daddy&#8217;s little girl. \u00a0He taught me so much about the world and one piece of that was how to view it through a viewfinder. \u00a0When I quit my job to take care of him in his last months of life, I sat back and looked at the big picture. \u00a0He worked his entire life in a job he happened to do well, but hated. \u00a0I was in the same rut. \u00a0I was good at my job, so good that they were decidedly NOT happy when I quit but love trumps work, every.single.day. \u00a0I had a choice to make. \u00a0Do I go back to the job I did well but hated or did I learn from my father&#8217;s death and take a chance to make a living doing something I loved. \u00a0His dying gift to me was the inspiration to reach for the stars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Who inspires you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Camera used: iPhone 4S Program used: \u00a0Instagram Filter used: \u00a0Hudson Day 9: Inspiring Person. 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