Curtain

The theme for March over at the Self Portrait Challenge is, "headless".

Random Fact #17

There came a point, during my senior year of high school, when it was time to apply for college and pick a career. I ran through the list of possibilities. A veterinarian? No, that's eight years of school. A puppeteer or a clown, perhaps? They have clown school in Florida; that would be awesome! Maybe I could be a marine biologist with a minor in sharks...no, I would never make it through the math classes. It was during all of this life determining decision making, that I was taking my first photography class. I loved it! Can someone actually major in photography? Yes! It was decided. I was going to be a photographer when I grew up.

In the beginning I thought that I was going to be a photojournalist or a commercial photographer, but I was never really able to envision myself in either one of those roles. Then one day I was watching some sort of A&E or Court TV crime show where they were talking about forensic photography, and it clicked. This is it! This is what I want to do.

It's nine years later and I'm finally in that role. I am currently working an internship at a job that I have wanted to do for a very long time. It feels right. It fits. I still don't know if I will get to make a career out of it, but I am extremely grateful to have the opportunity to do it, if only for a little while.

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