One of my favorite things is to walk by myself around Montreal with my camera. I have said that many times. What I haven't said is that, in my mind, I have a collection of pictures that I call: holding hands. It means that the scene, the place, the time, the light were all so perfect, so beautiful, that it feels wrong to be there alone instead of holding hands with someone. These pictures belong to that category.

I love walking around centreville in January with my camera and an imaginary movie in my head.
In November, a group of Flickr friends and I decided to give a gift to ourselves by making a book with our work. That way we would all have everyone's pictures in our homes for Christmas. The idea took shape thanks to Juju, who had the time and patience to assemble the book. We call it 16 Clicks and it's a heart-breaker. Every time that a mailman brought it to one of our homes, whoever received it almost died of happiness.
With me in the book: Carmen Moreno, Françoise Rachez, Julia Dávila, Agus Abiol, Karina Manghi, Paty Jiménez, Javier García, Karina Toro, Isabel Pavía, Fabiana Gauto, Marianna Di Ferdinando, Euge de la Peña, Juliana Gutiérrez, Laura Gariglio and Gabriela Da Costa. Beautiful people. (links to their photo streams here)
There are client sessions to share, photos to edit, new projects to finish and little stories to tell, but for now I'm recovering from a small surgery and working at home on my September photography e-workshop (which I love!). Realizing that I actually wanted to slow down and rest has giving me a sense of peace I'm enjoying a lot. I'm a hermit at heart. I have to push myself to get out of this house. I want to explore and experience everything I can in life, yet I love staying here in my cozy studio with my music and my fat cat :)