Wow!!!! I can’t believe it’s been two months since my last blog. Where does time go, and how can one per­son keep every­thing up to date? It seems like a never end­ing task of chores to accom­plish before I am even ready to pick up a cam­era, but I think I am finally at that point where I can say.….. I’m ready!! The first two months in Flo­rence was a time of unset­tled liv­ing,  liv­ing in a great apart­ment over­look­ing beau­ti­ful Mer­cer Lake, but liv­ing out of our suit­case. This past month we were able to find not only a place to live, but also a place to set up my por­trait stu­dio in the same loca­tion. Now after three months, David Michael Por­traits is open for busi­ness. I think I have cov­ered all the bases for what is needed to mar­ket myself. I’m in the phone book with a nice stand­out ad. I’ve joined the Cham­ber of Com­merce. I’ve got new busi­ness cards, hats, shirts, and let­ter­ing on my vehi­cle, all adver­tis­ing myself as a wed­ding, high school senior pic­ture, chil­dren and pet pho­tog­ra­pher. Every­where I go, I intro­duce myself and my busi­ness. At this point, name recog­ni­tion is a must. As time passes word-of-mouth adver­tis­ing will once again start tak­ing place where I won’t have to focus on the printed mate­r­ial as much. I’ve got some great plans for some upcom­ing spe­cials. Now I can once again keep the web­site fresh, and keep new infor­ma­tion in my blog site. Yes, I will even have time to shoot some land­scapes again. This photo is of the Sius­law River that flows through town.