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I gave up studying families and ended up... studying families.

Maybe it's ironic that toward the end of my academic career, I was fighting tooth and nail to dismiss with subjective rating scales of parenting quality, and focus on the moment-to-moment behaviours, without judgments or messages. Or maybe it's telling.

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I'm fascinated by motion

When I shot on auto for years, whether I got real good stills of motion or blurry ones kind of depended on external factors. How much light was coming in, mostly. I'm into limitations, so it was a little bit neat to wait and see what turned up.

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colours of a parched Earth

where we expect only the aftermath of drought,

there is sometimes, also,

barefaced life.

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are you scared of being cliché?

On 500px.com, which is where I frequently post my photos, each spring there are a kajillion photos of dandelions, of kids blowing dandelions, of dandelions being blown in the wind, you name it.

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what kind of perfection is it, anyway?

You hope for drama and impact, and it might get messy, and maybe that's what makes it in an imperfect way, great.

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social media day

I'm guessing social media is here to stay, because it's an extension of our social selves. And sociality is key to humanity, no?

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Life is short. Do it your way.

When it was time to end the journey, we had a similarly limitless amount of possibilities to come home to. Canada, the vast.

We chose a place close to my family. A place we could pursue another dream: living on the land, having sheep and chickens and all the rest, and green fields for the kids to thread their bare feet through. There was never really much of a question. Even if it meant walking away from academia.