I was a combatphotog for allmost 40 yrs (blue helmets) and I witnessed things I will never share because they’re worse than one can even imagine..
Despite I’m a well-balanced strong character LOL I got more and more traumatized over the years resulting in a serious brake down at the age of 56. (Yup I reached the edge of insanity and was hospitalized for allmost a year in a confined hospital)
During my recovery I didn’t want to even touch a camera again.
When I was home again my youngest daughter (have 5 of those witches lol) happened to have picked up photography and particularly WL photography.
We lived in Belgium those days on the border of a nature reserve so she had lots of opportunities.
I was told to go walking/hiking as part of my recovery but I was not allowed to go on my own, so my youngest accompanied me as much as possible.
Offcourse she allways took her rig with her which grew my interest in WL photography.
Long story short, I picked up photography again, was asked to be the reserve manager (shooting for three organisations) and recovered completely.
Last spring we sold our wife’s businesses and migrated to France where we bought a nice estate near Le Blanc in La Brenne.
Our youngest came with us, we have room for the rest of the pack and we can drive upnorth in less than a day to see them, or to ‘kidnap’ some grandchildren to stay with us.
Despite my wife’s illness (She was diagnosed with Parkinson) and my current weak condition, I’m still on O2 but progressing allbeit in a slower pace than I’d like I’m a happy camper these days!
for those who don’t know
La Brenne