Shortly after my last blog post, I was preparing to attend the first day of an awesome photography conference in Ballarat and I decided to pop out to the shop before registration. About 2 mins away from the conference centre I was involved in a vehicle accident and, while my poor, loyal girl went to car heaven, I was transported by ambulance to the emergency room. After lots of scans, I was released about 10 hours later but moving was a challenge. The air bag caused some blunt force trauma to my chest and the impact jammed my right leg and it was very painful to walk but, miraculously, nothing was broken – all soft tissue.

I stayed on at the conference and everyone was wonderful but I was in a lot of pain which made it a bit hard to concentrate. I was glad to get home and start the healing process.

I admit that I was very positive that I would be better in a few weeks – maybe couple of months but, boy was I wrong. I had to cancel my Christmas program because I couldn’t hold the camera or move properly around the studio. I did one modified newborn shoot in November and I paid for it for weeks.

I’ll admit I’ve been struggling with frustration at myself for not being able to do all the things I could before the accident. It’s been a learning curve and I’ve been a bad-tempered student but I’m still working on it.

Despite still not being 100%, it’s time to ease myself back into the photography world that I’ve missed so much. Stay tuned.