Be the best you can be.

Do you want to be the best you can be?  Surely everyone wants to be the best they can be?  Mind you there are a few of my students who I wonder if they want to achieve much more than getting out of bed in the morning and to be honest most of them struggle to even do that. 

I think most of us have secret ambitions and dreams and over the past few years I have come to believe that you can pretty much do anything you want if you put your mind to it.  Obviously within reason, as I'm pretty sure I could never beat Usain Bolt in a race no matter how much I trained!  I've mentioned taking part in the Mourne Mountain Marathon in 2011 and 2012.  They proved to be the hardest thing and the best thing I have ever done.  I know I could have trained more but I was happy with what training I did achieve and even more so with the final results.  I learnt from those two events that I can push myself further than I think.

For Candytuft Cakes, I love seeing the business growing but even more I love seeing Kathryn grow and becoming the best she can be.  She works extremely hard and is so critical of her own work.  She spends hours on each of her creation to ensure that once she is finished it is the best she can do.  I really do believe she is one of the best cake designers in Northern Ireland and will be the best if she keeps pushing herself the way she does. This year is exciting for us as we are currently creating a studio for Kathryn but obviously in the middle of it all we have Arwen who will I am sure demand a lot of our time.  Check out progress on the studio at Kathryn's blog, Mrs Candytuft.

I know with our 3 beautiful children we both want what is best for them, all we can ask for is that they do the best they can do.  I would guess though that both Kathryn and I may give them a wee push or two to make sure they achieve their potential :)

As far as my photography goes I want to be the best I can be.  Thinking back to my last blog entry, learn through doing, I have been thinking about projects I can do to become a better photographer.  Hopefully during 2013 you get to see the results of these projects and get to see me grow as a photographer.

Simon