Some days I have personal victories, some days I have work victories. Today was just a good day. Through an interesting confluence of events I had two firsts today.

Today I had my first photo published in a national (international?) magazine. The photo was used to advertise the Rhode Island Flower Show in Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine. It's a small placement to be sure, but hey - I'll take it. In my work I used to hand off the photography to my colleagues, but starting just about two years ago I was enchanted by photography. Just about 1 year ago, I took that photo with a Hasselblad by existing light in a rather dark room. I blogged about it then too.

To give a little background, I was hired to cover the event with the understanding that it wasn't a big budget event. They hadn't had professional photographs taken of the event before and as a relative newbie to professional photography work, I used it as an experience and portfolio builder. It was a great experience and a great show.

On a different note, we (our business, not PhotographyRI) had our first video played on the largest screen at the Providence Place Mall Theatres (which has to be one of the largest in Rhode Island). We do a lot of smaller screen work, so seeing our work screen tested on the big screen was exciting. Saturday is the big kick off event that the video is for - everything ought to go swimmingly.

Exciting times. Small victories in the grand scheme of things, but everybody has a first time if they're lucky. Today was mine. Thanks everyone for checking this site out and contacting me along the way as I document my experiences.