Walck Portraits Blog

Good morning! Last night I created a new Facebook page!  Oooooh Aaaah     The purpose of the page is to separate another of my creative outlets from my personal life - music.  Often I plug my music endeavors on the photography page, and that just seems like it creates brand confusion, so hopefully this will do the trick. I will be posting recordings and videos, and overall having fun with the page.  This morning I got the first post up, which is a recording of me sight reading each line in a quintet arrangement of the Mozart K406 on the clarinet. Hope you get a chance to check it out -  https://www.facebook.com/timwalckmusic

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year!  I love the fully saturated colors of the leaves, the cool breeze, and the smells of the fall festivals!  This is also one of the busiest times of the year too!  I always have a plethora of kids and adults stopping in the shop looking for donations to their organizations for fundraising, then I have the shoots that I give away for the fundraisers, plus the shoots that I already have booked so I can have an income... and on top of that - the increased yard work from those pretty leafs falling all over the lawn! I've decided this year that I'm going to stick to 8 hour days at the studio, because I love spending time with my daughter.  I want to watch her play in the yard, take her to the park, and go for autumn bike rides.  Sometimes I tend to get too caught up in my own work, and I know I don't spend enough time with her or my beautiful wife.  So - even though I absolutely love what I do at the shop, and maki...