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Some of you may know that during the last part of 2009 I was out of touch for a while with total hip replacement surgery. Well I’m glad to say that all went well and I am back at making images. I want to give a shout out to Reagan Powell for helping me out at the studio during that time, great job Reagan!

Prior to going out for the surgery, we had a great time shooting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) Walk-a-Thon in Alpharetta, GA. for AT&T as one of the participating businesses in the event. Images from that event went to both AT&T and to the JDRF.

A few weeks later, a contact at JDRF gave my name to the Operations Manager of the Southeast Customer Service division of Ford Motor Company. They were hosting a golf tournament to raise funds for JDRF and needed a photographer to document the tournament.

The event was held at the Manor Golf & Country Club in Milton, GA. and dealers from all over the southeast as well as Ford corporate executives from Detroit, Mi. were there. All had an excellent time, played some great golf and raised more than $50,000.00 for the JDRF. In addition they all went home with an image of their foursome with Ford’s General Sales Manager.

For the second year in a row, we were asked to shoot The Novel Exchange book exchange and fund raiser. Marc Fitten, author of ‘Valeria’s Last Stand’ was the guest speaker and the event was held at the Glenridge House in Sandy Springs, a small community just north of Atlanta, GA. At the event, organized by Dale Israel, more than 50 folks brought books to trade, socialized over hors d’oeuvres and enjoyed Marc’s talk about his book. It also raised more than $2000.00 for the Community Action Center.

With the start of the year, we are focusing our business more on commercial photography. We are still shooting portraits, so keep those families and seniors coming, but the main focus will be on business to business work this coming year. As the economy starts its long recovery, we are seeing small businesses wanting new and updated imagery for their web sites, marketing collateral and new product announcements. If you’re an owner of one of these businesses, or know someone who is, and are in need of photography, please contact me at the link above.

I had the pleasure of photographing an event this past week called A Novel Exchange. It’s a social, a book exchange and a fund raising event created and hosted by Dale Israel. Around 50 readers from the Roswell and Alpharetta area attended and enjoyed snacks, socializing and exchanging books as well as hearing local author, Brad Cohen, talk about his story and his latest book.

The event benefited the Tourette Syndrome Association of Georgia. The guest speaker, Brad Cohen, author of the book “Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had” has been featured on Oprah and in People Magazine as well as other print and electronic media. Hallmark Hall of Fame has produced a movie based on Brad’s book that will air on CBS the evening of December 7, 2008.

Brad shared his extremely interesting story about living with Tourette’s for most of his life and how, after college, when given the opportunity to teach at a Cobb County elementary school, he not only excelled at it, but was named recipient of the Sallie Mae First Year Teacher of the Year Award for the State of Georgia!

To learn more about Tourette Syndrome and Brad, check out their websites by clicking on the links in the above paragraphs. To learn more about A Novel Exhange, contact Dale Israel.

A good time was had by all and here are some of the images from that night.

Dale Israel, Brad Cohen, Tricia Kardon
Dale, Brad, Tricia

Brad Cohen and his Wife Nancy

Socializing prior to the book exchange.

Brad telling his story.

The audience listening intensely!

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A Novel Exchange

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