There is the positive side that is the fact that it is my first client, and this could potentially open many doors of opportunity for my business. I am confident that the client will be extremely happy with the photos, including the poster size photo they are interested in.

On the other hand, the other side is the truck itself. It is a terrible thing that one would have to devote their truck to a cause that in some cases, should never have happened. Some wars, not saying which ones I feel specifically, should never have happened, and the lives lost were unabashedly lost for what would seem to be no reason at all, I suppose one example is The Civil War.

Regardless of your standpoint on any particular war, I hope that you would feel that the loss of life in most wars could have been prevented. Though I am mostly anti-social, I have discovered recently, that above most things, I value life as one of the most important things ever, not only human life, but the life of all things, it is a precious, and fragile thing that should be valued by all. Not to say that taking a life is not sometimes necessary, it should always be a last resort…

I was also given the unique opportunity to host many of the Fire Departments that were helping with the effort in my front yard. I captured this photo at one of the rare moments when there were not 30 firefighters hovering around the truck, in my yard or trying to raid the Salvation Army truck of it’s precious booty (water, Gatorade, snacks, etc.) It is a fair amount darker than my typical photos, but given the setting and the viewers ability to see the smoke and a little bit of the glow of the fires, I think it is appropriate.